International Tennis Federation (ITF)

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a two-year deal with the International Tennis Federation for rights to the Davis Cup finals in six of its markets

Spanish telco Telefónica has acquired exclusive rights to the inaugural Davis Cup Finals to be held later this year in the country’s capital, Madrid.

The International Tennis Federation has extended its rights deal with sports and betting-related data company Sportradar.

The International Tennis Federation’s deal for its global Davis Cup and Fed Cup rights with beIN Media Group, agreed last week, is the largest in the federation’s history.

Interview with Andrew Walker, commercial director of the International Tennis Federation, on the federation’s global media rights deal with beIN Media Group, which covers the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.

Global sports broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a strategic global media rights partnership with the International Tennis Federation for its Davis Cup and Fed Cup national team tournaments.

The International Tennis Federation is in advanced negotiations with Qatari pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports over a lucrative, long-term global rights deal for Davis Cup and Fed Cup tennis matches, TV Sports Markets understands.

British Eurosport, the UK arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, has signed a new three-year deal with the International Tennis Federation to broadcast live coverage of its international team competitions – the Davis Cup, Fed Cup and Hopman Cup.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has extended a rights deal for the Davis Cup and Fed Cup national team tennis tournaments.

Football: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired the free-to-air rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a €9.5m (£6.5m) deal with the Sportfive agency. It is the first deal done for the championship.

The Association of Tennis Professionals has drawn up a controversial plan to take ownership of six or seven top tournaments and turn them into an elite series