Tennis
Discovery Sports follows Australian Open deal with decade-long Laver Cup contract
Media group Discovery has secured exclusive media rights to show the Laver Cup, the annual men's team tennis tournament between Team Europe and Team World, across Europe from 2021 to 2030
Nine completes Grand Slam collection with US Open deal
Australian media group Nine Entertainment has completed its set of Grand Slam tennis tournaments by acquiring rights to the US Open
Channel 4 nets 9.2m peak for Raducanu triumph after Amazon sublicensing deal
Channel 4, the UK free-to-air broadcaster, attracted a peak audience of 9
BBC secures highlights rights to Raducanu’s historic US Open final
Highlights of Emma Raducanu's history-making US Open final against fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez will be shown by the BBC following an agreement struck by the UK public-service broadcaster
Stan Sport adds Laver Cup to tennis offering
Stan Sport, the streaming service of Australian media group Nine Entertainment, has broadened its tennis portfolio by agreeing a multi-year deal for rights to the Laver Cup
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
Sportway agrees rights deal with Swedish Tennis Association
Sportway, the automated production and live streaming firm, has signed up the Swedish Tennis Association as its latest client in a two-year agreement
Eclat, Aser, beIN and others bid to fill Fox Sports Asia gap
Sports rights formerly held by Fox Sports Asia, which is shutting down next month, have attracted bids from several companies interested in taking over the Disney-owned pay-television platform's position…
Tennis Channel arrives in UK as international roll-out continues
Pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel has today (Thursday) launched its international streaming service in the UK
WTA and ATP forge deeper ties with launch of second season of content series
The Women’s Tennis Association and the Association of Tennis Professionals have marked their first major initiative since the integration of their marketing departments in January by launching a new s…
Wimbledon secures its future with long-term Disney, BBC renewals
Both deals were completed in private negotiations without extensive discussions with other broadcasters in the respective territories.
Strong competition serves up French Open rights boost in Europe
The Fédération Française de Tennis has increased the value of its European media rights by nearly 20 per cent in its pan-continental deal with US media giant Discovery, driven by strong competition for the rights.
IMG Future Stars event set for Athens, Tennis Channel coverage in place
IMG Tennis has unveiled plans to host the inaugural IMG Future Stars tennis event next year at the Tatoï Club in Athens, Greece.
Record viewing figures on Sky for first Wimbledon final featuring Italian
Sunday’s men’s Wimbledon final between Italy’s Matteo Berrettini and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic attracted a television audience in Italy of over 4 million viewers.
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AELTC extends BBC’s Wimbledon deal to 2027 and ESPN’s to 2035
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), organiser and commercial rights-holder of the Wimbledon grand slam, has extended its agreement for media rights to the tournament with UK public-service…
ServusTV extends rights deal for Kitzbühel ATP 250 event
ServusTV, the commercial free-to-air broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has renewed its rights agreement with the organisers of the Generali Open Kitzbühel, an ATP 250 event in Austria.
Discovery sublicenses free-to-air Wimbledon rights from Sky NZ
Media company Discovery has sublicensed free-to-air rights to the Wimbledon tennis tournament from pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand