Tennis
Domestic ratings flat year-on-year for Australian Open; focus switches to international rights
ATP earn large increase as Sky fights off rivals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Fierce competition drives increase in Wimbledon rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Sky Italia holds on to MotoGP as new rival DAZN picks up LaLiga and much of the Fox inventory
Transparency key to surprise Tennis Australia deal with Nine
Tennis Australia told TV Sports Markets its commitment to an open tender for its domestic rights allowed commercial broadcaster Nine to acquire them in a surprise deal.
Tennis Channel wards off digital competitors to secure future
Extending and expanding its deal for ATP World Tour 1000 and 500 rights should secure Tennis Channel’s position against the growing sports-rights ambitions of Amazon
French Open value grows as the FFT agrees two Australian deals
Reduced exclusivity has not affected the value of Fox Sports’ new deal for French Open rights in Australia, agreed this month.
Band opts for tennis as it says it won’t sublicense Fifa World Cup
Brazil’s Grupo Bandeirantes bolstered its tennis coverage with a pair of deals covering several properties with the IMG agency.
Tennis Australia earns increase across Mena via beIN renewal
Tennis Australia has increased the value of Australian Open rights in the Middle East and North Africa by about 40 per cent following a renewal with beIN Sports.
FREE | Media rights in tennis, 2017
In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the recent developments in the media-rights landscape in Tennis.
Media rights in tennis, 2017
Full interactive report | Media rights in tennis, 2017
In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the recent developments in the media-rights landscape in Tennis.
US Open the beneficiary with Amazon adding to tennis content
The value of US Open media rights across Europe will increase by about 26 per cent in the next cycle following deals struck with Eurosport and Amazon last month.
Tennis Australia expands iQiyi deal for Australian Open in China
Streaming platform iQiyi has almost doubled its fee in a renewed deal for Australian Open digital rights in China.
MTG seals off ATP in Scandinavia by adding Norway and Sweden
The ATP is earning less from market-by-market sales in the Nordics than from the last cycle’s pan-regional deal, after Modern Times Group added World Tour rights in Norway and Sweden to its earlier Denmark deal last month. A separate deal has also been agreed in Finland with MTV3.
Aneesh Madani, head of sports partnerships (Asia-Pacific), Twitter
On the back of Twitter's purchase of the IPL rights tender and its announcement of several sports streaming deals in Asia-Pacific, Aneesh Madani talks to TV Sports Markets about the social media platform's future strategy regarding sports rights in the region.
Wide coverage secured but little revenue earned for Laver Cup
The stakeholders involved in last week’s inaugural Laver Cup were happy with its global distribution, though it is thought to have generated little media-rights revenue.
Amazon makes first significant UK sports play with ATP rights
Amazon secured its first major sports rights deal in the UK with the acquisition of ATP World Tour 1000 and 500 rights, a move which surprised local experts.
LeSports demise hits value of ATP rights despite new iQiyi deal
The value of digital rights to ATP events in China has fallen by about 80 per cent in a new deal that replaces its cancelled agreement with streaming platform LeSports.
Wimbledon value decreases in China as market levels out
Online streaming platform Tencent agreed a late deal for non-exclusive live digital Wimbledon rights in China for less than the price paid by LeSports before its deal was terminated.