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France

The French tennis federation’s (FFT) decision to hold its first tender in six years for domestic rights to the French Open is unlikely to significantly boost incomes or break the broadcasting duopoly of France Télévisions and Eurosport, according to industry experts spoken to by SportBusiness Media.
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Australia

Reduced exclusivity has not affected the value of Fox Sports’ new deal for French Open rights in Australia, agreed this month.

China

The French Open secured greater revenue from China in 2017 compared to last year thanks to a deal with online streaming platform Tencent agreed earlier this month.

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Discovery Communications chose to sublicense free-to-air French Open tennis rights in Spain this year after previously keeping coverage for its Dmax channel in the country.
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Sub-Saharan Africa

SuperSport’s latest deal for French Open media rights in sub-Saharan Africa has illustrated the lack of competition for tennis rights in the region, despite the entrance of new players.

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France

The French tennis federation (FFT) has awarded domestic rights to the French Open for the 2021 to 2023 cycle to public broadcaster France Télévisions and internet giant Amazon, it said Thursday.
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France

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has entered into a period of direct negotiation with interested broadcasters for the 2021-23 domestic rights to the French Open grand slam tournament after the failure…
Europe

A petition by the French tennis federation for the winding up of the MP & Silva agency was this morning adjourned until October 17. The Fédération Française de Tennis lodged the petition on August 24. At

A petition by the French tennis federation for the winding up of the MP & Silva agency will be heard at 10.30am on Wednesday, October 10, in the UK’s High Court in London.

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Global

ATP World Tour betting streaming rights have been acquired by the IMG agency after it beat four other bidders – including the incumbent Perform Group
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MENA

The French tennis federation is nearing a renewal with beIN Media Group for rights to the French Open tournament in the Middle East and North Africa, TV Sports Markets understands.
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France

The French tennis federation last week secured an increase of just over 11 per cent in the value of its domestic French Open rights after agreeing an early renewal with France Télévisions.

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Canada

Canadian pay-television sports broadcasters TSN and RDS trebled their rights fee and their guarantees for coverage of French Open tennis in last week’s renewal.

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Europe

There were mixed results for broadcasters of this year's French Open, Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence explains

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United Kingdom

UK commercial broadcaster ITV this week agreed to pay a small increase for its free-to-air rights to the French Open tennis tournament.

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Europe

Interview round up from SPORTELAsia on building a successful sports brand in Asia

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France

More exclusivity for Eurosport in new domestic French Open deal

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Europe

Interview with Jean-Thierry Augustin, chief executive of Eurosport, on Eurosport France’s deal for French Open tennis rights

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Europe

Eurosport set to tie up French Open in long-term deal to cement its grip on grand slam tennis

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Germany

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for the 2013 French Open as Nadal wins record-breaking eighth Roland Garros title
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Spain

Spanish market proving difficult for sellers of the rights to the Fifa World Cup and French Open tennis