All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC)
IMG retains Wimbledon media and sponsorship rights representation
IMG will continue to represent broadcast and sponsorship rights to the Wimbledon Championships after agreeing to an exclusive ‘long-term’ extension with the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AE…
AELTC recruits Al-Qassab as marketing and commercial director following Henderson exit
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has merged its commercial, communications and marketing functions into a single position to be held by Usama Al-Qassab, the former Walt Disney marketing…
Sky pays modest uplift to renew Wimbledon rights in DACH
Sky Deutschland has paid a modest uplift to renew rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam tournament in German-speaking countries for another four years.
NEP extends Wimbledon broadcast production deal
Outside broadcast and services provider NEP UK has agreed a four-year extension to its production deal for the Wimbledon Championships
Kyrgios serves up sizeable late-night Wimbledon ratings on Nine
More than 750,000 television viewers in Australia stayed up late to watch the country’s controversial tennis star Nick Kyrgios contest his first grand slam final at Wimbledon in the early hours of Monday m…
Sky signs off on Wimbledon rights extension in German-speaking countries
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has renewed its rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam in Germany, Austria and Switzerland under a multi-year deal, its second in Europe announced in the last two weeks
First Wimbledon Middle Sunday attracts 3.7m peak audience on BBC
A peak audience of 3.7 million tuned into watch the BBC’s UK coverage of the first official “Middle Sunday” at this year’s Wimbledon Championships while a further 4.7 milli
Sky Italia nets four-year Wimbledon rights renewal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has renewed its rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam from 2023 to 2026
Sport 24 announces Wimbledon renewal on first day of 2022 event
Sport 24, the in-flight and in-ship service owned and operated by the IMG agency, has announced a three-year Wimbledon rights renewal to coincide with the start of this year’s grass court Grand Slam e…
Post-Fox Sports Asia landscape emerges as SPOTV and beIN snap up rights
A volley of rights sales this year reallocated properties formerly held by pan-regional broadcaster Fox Sports Asia and began shaping a new sports broadcasting landscape in Asia-Pacific.
Wimbledon secures its future with long-term Disney, BBC renewals
Both deals were completed in private negotiations without extensive discussions with other broadcasters in the respective territories.
AELTC’s Ralley recruited by FA as head of broadcast, media rights
James Ralley, head of marketing, commercial and hospitality at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (AELTC), has been recruited as the new head of broadcast and media rights at the English Football…
AELTC extends BBC’s Wimbledon deal to 2027 and ESPN’s to 2035
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), organiser and commercial rights-holder of the Wimbledon grand slam, has extended its agreement for media rights to the tournament with UK public-service…
AELTC names former IMG and Universal executive Henderson as commercial director
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), organiser of the Wimbledon Championships tennis Grand Slam, has appointed former IMG and Universal Music Group executive Gus Henderson as its new commercial…
Star India retains Wimbledon rights until 2023
Pay-television broadcaster Star India has renewed an agreement for rights to the Wimbledon grand slam tennis tournament until 2023
Sky NZ agrees multi-year deal for Wimbledon rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed a multi-year rights deal for the Wimbledon grand slam tennis championships
Nine acquires Wimbledon and Roland Garros rights
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine and its new subscription streaming service Stan Sport have secured three-year deals to broadcast the Wimbledon and French Open Grand Slam tennis tournaments from…