Tennis
Grand Slam duo stay on ServusTV in WBD deal
ServusTV will continue to sublicense media rights for tennis's Australian Open and French Open in Austria from WBD for the next two years.
Latency improving for live streaming, report claims
New research carried out in the UK market has found that improvements have been made in lowering the latency for live sports streaming of major events this year
BeIN nets ATP rights extension in Australia
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended its rights to the ATP Tour in Australia for three further years, from 2025 to 2027, reinforcing its tennis offering in the country
T/Squared wins Davis Cup, BJK Cup media rights remit
T/Squared, the agency set up by the Team Marketing group to house new business, is to broker global media rights deals for the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup in a four-year deal, SportBusiness understands.
Tennis Channel goes OTT with cable-free service
Tennis Channel has announced a direct-to-consumer product, marking the first time in its 21-year history that viewers do not need a cable subscription to access content
WTA Finals back on CCTV for first time since 2021
The WTA Finals, the season-ending WTA Tour tournament, has returned to Chinese linear television for the first time since the Peng Shuai controversy in November 2021
BJK Cup finals switch to pay TV in Spain
Domestic coverage of next month’s Billie Jean King Cup finals from Málaga will be shown by Movistar Plus, the pay-television arm of Spanish telco Telefónica.
Wimbledon targets ‘largest possible’ audience with later finals slot
The singles finals at the Wimbledon Championships will start later in the afternoon in a bid to attract an even greater global audience, particularly by maximising eyeballs in the United States
US Open domestic value soars in ESPN renewal
ESPN’s extension of its domestic US Open rights will more than double its current fee, as the broadcaster solidifies itself as a tennis stronghold well into the next decade.
Whisper lands French Open host broadcast business
Whisper has won a high-profile piece of new business in a five-year deal to displace HBS and become the host broadcaster of tennis’ French Open.
EXCLUSIVE: DAZN streaming ends WTA’s Mena blackout
WTA Tour broadcast coverage has returned to the Middle East and North Africa following a near three-year blackout with DAZN committing to free streaming until the end of the 2024 season, SportBusiness…
DAZN ‘sells’ WTA Tour rights to itself in Mena after three-year absence
DAZN, one half of WTA Media, has effectively sold WTA Tour rights to itself in the Middle East and North Africa, returning coverage to the region after a hiatus which began in 2022.
Long-serving Tennis Channel CEO Solomon ‘sacked’
Tennis Channel's long-serving chief executive and chairman Ken Solomon has reportedly been ousted by parent company Sinclair for time spent on non-work activities
Learing calls time on WTA Media career
Tennis media rights executive John Learing is leaving DAZN after close to a decade heading up the WTA Media joint venture.
ESPN lands US Open renewal, cedes host broadcast
ESPN has renewed its rights to the US Open in a long-term 12-year deal that will run to 2037 but sees the United States Tennis Association assume host broadcast duties.
Sky, SuperTennis trade US Open, WTA Tour rights
Sky Italia will broadcast the US Open this year and next as part of a two-way sublicensing agreement with SuperTennis amid the sharp rise in success of Italian players
Sportdeutschland.TV, Sky in US Open-NHL pact
Sky Deutschland has secured the rights to the US Open tennis tournament after striking a comprehensive sub-licensing agreement with Sportdeutschland.TV, the streaming platform of DOSB New Media.
WBD triples US French Open media rights value in blockbuster deal
Warner Bros. Discovery has taken over as the exclusive broadcaster of the French Open in the US in a deal that nearly tripled the media rights fees on the previous cycle.