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Tennis Channel wards off digital competitors to secure future
Extending and expanding its deal for ATP World Tour 1000 and 500 rights should secure Tennis Channel’s position against the growing sports-rights ambitions of Amazon
MTG seals off ATP in Scandinavia by adding Norway and Sweden
The ATP is earning less from market-by-market sales in the Nordics than from the last cycle’s pan-regional deal, after Modern Times Group added World Tour rights in Norway and Sweden to its earlier Denmark deal last month. A separate deal has also been agreed in Finland with MTV3.
MTG picks up ATP rights in Sweden, Norway
Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired rights in Sweden and Norway to the Association of Tennis Professionals’ World Tour Masters 1000 series of tournaments and the season-ending ATP Finals.
Amazon makes first significant UK sports play with ATP rights
Amazon secured its first major sports rights deal in the UK with the acquisition of ATP World Tour 1000 and 500 rights, a move which surprised local experts.
LeSports demise hits value of ATP rights despite new iQiyi deal
The value of digital rights to ATP events in China has fallen by about 80 per cent in a new deal that replaces its cancelled agreement with streaming platform LeSports.
ATP furthers centralisation strategy by adding raft of tournaments
Men’s tennis body the Association of Tennis Professionals has built on its aggregation and centralisation of broadcast rights on the ATP World Tour, with 12 tournaments across the 250 category being pooled and sold together in partnership with ATP Media, the organisation’s broadcast arm.
Fee steady as France Télévisions takes marquee events from M6
ATP boosts tournament coverage with IMG partnership
Eurosport completes set of grand slam tournaments in Turkey
Sports broadcaster Eurosport has completed its set of grand slam tennis rights in Turkey and Central Asia, acquiring Wimbledon rights from Saran Media in a three-year deal.
MTG baulks at WTA asking price, opts for ATP instead in Denmark
IMG takes ATP betting package to buttress defence against rivals
BBC extends rights deal for ATP World Tour Finals
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended a rights deal for the ATP World Tour Finals, the season-ending tournament of the ATP World Tour men’s tennis series.
LeSports’s late payments may herald rights-buying slowdown
Aggressive Chinese OTT operator LeSports has cash-flow problems, resulting in delays to payments for many of its deals.
Lagardère Sports renews rights deals with ATP 250 events
Lagardère Sports, the sports marketing division of conglomerate Lagardère, has secured extensions to media distribution rights deals for ATP 250 men’s tennis tournaments in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Quito and Shenzhen.
ATP follows WTA in securing Latin American increase
The ATP World Tour earned a strong increase in the value of its rights in Latin America last month after renewing its deal with ESPN.
ESPN renews ATP World Tour rights in Latin America, Caribbean
International sports broadcaster ESPN has extended a rights deal in Spanish-speaking Latin America and the Caribbean for the ATP World Tour, which operates the professional circuit of men’s tennis.
Fox considers tennis channel launch after WTA acquisition
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has positioned itself as the home of tennis in the Netherlands following deals for ATP and WTA rights in recent weeks.
ESPN pays decent increase to renew Australian Open
Tennis Australia has renewed its deal with ESPN for Australian Open rights in Latin America and the Caribbean without putting the rights on the market.