Tennis
Sportradar’s Lampitt to be CEO of ATP’s new data, streaming rights JV
David Lampitt, managing director of sports content and partnerships at Sportradar, has been named the chief executive of Tennis Data Innovations, the new joint venture between tennis’ ATP and ATP Media, t…
Montané joins Prud’homme at L’Équipe to ‘accelerate transformation’
L’Équipe, the French media and publishing group, has recruited Emilie Montané, director of media and production at the French Tennis Federation (FFT), as director of strategy and development.
Tennis data report, 2021
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the four tennis grand-slam tournaments
BT Sport to show tennis’ Stockholm Open
BT Sport, the UK pay-television broadcaster, has acquired rights to show the Stockholm Open, an ATP Tour 250 series event that begins this weekend
Eclat’s US Open deal confirmed amid Apac tennis rights battle
Eclat Media Group has added to the growing sports portfolio for its new pan-regional SPOTV platform in Asia-Pacific with a five-year deal for US Open grand slam tennis rights, from 2022 to 2026, covering…
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
ServusTV ties up Davis Cup Finals rights in Germany and Austria
Free-to-air commercial broadcaster ServusTV has acquired rights in Germany and Austria to the 2021 Davis Cup Finals, which will take place in Austria, Italy and Spain
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…
Nine pays increase for US Open to secure grand slam in Australia
Nine Entertainment’s deal for exclusive US Open rights has completed its set of grand slam tennis tournaments in Australia.
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 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…