Tennis Australia
ESPN extends US rights to Australian Open through 2031
Relationship with Tennis Australia will move into a fifth decade
SuperSport strikes steady renewals for French and Australian Opens
African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport renewed its exclusive English-language rights to the French Open and Australian Open, paying slight increases in both to secure longer terms.
Nine talks up sports rights ambitions on back of strong financial results
The chief executive of Australian media group Nine Entertainment, Mike Sneesby, suggested the company is interested in acquiring domestic cricket rights as well as renewing its Australian Open tennis rights,…
Seven secures 30-per-cent revenue increase, aims to retake Australian Open rights
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven will attempt to win back domestic broadcast rights to the Australian Open when negotiations over the tennis grand slam's next rights cycle begin later this year
Sport 24 signs new three-year Australian Open rights deal
Sport 24, the in-flight and in-ship service owned and operated by the IMG agency, has renewed its agreement with Tennis Australia for rights to the Australian Open grand slam
BeIN finalises five-year Australian Open deal in Southeast Asia
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has struck a five-year deal with Tennis Australia for the exclusive media rights to the Australian Open in ten Southeast Asian markets
SuperSport extends Australian Open rights in sub-Saharan Africa
Tennis Australia and pay-television broadcaster SuperSport have announced a five-year extension to their long-term media rights agreement covering sub-Saharan Africa
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.
Wowow renews rights to Australian Open
Japanese pay-television broadcaster Wowow has renewed its rights for the Australian Open tennis grand slam in a multi-year deal beginning in 2022
Tennis Australia buoyed by Discovery contract protections, on cusp of new deals
The recently-signed 10-year Australian Open rights agreement between Tennis Australia and Discovery is a “real confidence booster” for the tennis governing body, which was satisfied with the various pro…
Australian Open secures strong increase from 10-year Discovery renewal
Discovery paid a significant fee increase to renew its Australian Open rights in Europe, with both sides seeing benefits in a 10-year term.
Discovery inks decade-long agreement for Tennis Australia rights
Discovery has landed a long-term agreement with Tennis Australia which will keep the Australian Open under the Eurosport umbrella and on Discovery broadcast platforms for another decade
Tennis Australia appoints former Qantas executive Cornelis as new CCO
Tennis Australia has appointed former Qantas and DHL executive Cedric Cornelis as its new chief commercial officer
Australian Open expects A$99m loss due to Covid-19; TV ratings fall 30 per cent
Craig Tiley, chief executive of Tennis Australia and tournament director of the Australian Open, has said that he expects the total losses from going ahead with the tournament to exceed A$99m (€64m/$78m) d…
Ex-Tennis Australia director fined in Seven rights case
Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell has been fined A$90,000 (€54,721/$63,903), but cleared to continue acting as a company director, in a Federal Court ruling on his role in a contentious b…
Sportradar nets extension to wide-ranging Tennis Australia deal
Sports data and content company Sportradar has signed a multi-year extension to its agreement with Tennis Australia, through which its services will be used during the Australian Open grand slam
Australian Open TV rights trial commences in Federal Court
The Federal Court of Australia has today (Monday) opened a civil trial against former Tennis Australia directors Harold Mitchell and Steve Healy, with the court hearing that the former impeded rival bids…