Tennis
French Tennis Federation in market for transmission, streaming services provider
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has issued an invitation to tender for the provision of broadcast transmission and streaming services at its flagship French Open between 2021 and 2023
ESPN Brasil makes tennis play with move for ATP Tour rights
The Brazilian arm of global sports broadcaster ESPN is close to acquiring the rights to a host of ATP tournaments as it makes a play for premium tennis properties in the country
River Media Partners agency serves up rights deals for UK Pro Series
River Media Partners, the independent media-rights agency recently launched by Nick Chesworth, Dominic Hayes and Ben Nicholas, has sealed a string of broadcast deals for the climax of the UK Pro Series…
WTT caps successful quarantined tournament with record TV ratings
World TeamTennis's quarantined summer tournament at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia ended on a high note with record domestic television ratings for the event's finals at the weekend
BBC picks up Ultimate Tennis Showdown 2 rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to the finals of the second edition of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, the innovative event created by tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou, SportBusiness…
Star India picks up rights to second Ultimate Tennis Showdown
Pay-television broadcaster Star India has acquired rights to the second edition of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, SportBusiness understands
Ultimate Tennis Showdown rights secured by beIN across various territories
The semi-finals and finals of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, the innovative tennis event created by French tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou, will be shown by pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports across…
Eurosport gets rights to bett1ACES and THIEMs7 tennis tournaments
Eurosport has agreed media-rights deals for two European tennis tournaments, bett1ACES in Berlin on July 13-19, and THIEMs7, which got underway in Kitzbühel yesterday and runs until July 11.
Commercial Sports Media advises on global distribution of bett1Aces tennis
Sports marketing and events company Emotion Group has appointed the Stockholm-based Commercial Sports Media agency as its adviser on the global distribution of the bett1Aces tennis tournaments
Djokovic’s Adria Tour to be aired by beIN in Asia-Pacific and Mena regions
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired exclusive rights in the Asia-Pacific and Mena regions to Novak Djokovic’s Adria Tour, an eight-man tennis tournament set up by the Serbian tennis s…
Amazon Prime Video coverage for Murray’s ‘Battle of the Brits’
Live tennis will return to the UK market later this month with subscription streaming service Amazon Prime Video securing rights to the ‘Battle of the Brits’ men’s exhibition tournament.
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Genius’ new ‘Grand Slam’ tennis series creates content for betting markets
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has teamed up with US-based tennis talent agency Topnotch Management (TNM) to create the Grand Slam Tennis Tours MatchPlay 120 series, a new tournament f…
Ziggo buys back into top tennis in the Netherlands with ATP play
Dutch telco Ziggo has landed exclusive multi-platform rights in the Netherlands to the ATP men’s tennis tour, SportBusiness Media understands.
RTVE acquires rights to Spanish Tennis Federation’s new league
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast the newly-created Mapfre League tennis tournament in Spain
Tie Break Tens to showcase archive on Twitch
Tennis’ Tie Break Tens has launched a channel on social video platform Twitch, where all previous seven tournaments from the fast-paced, short-form competition will be available to stream.
Robotic cameras and automated production reduce Covid-19 risk at German tennis exhibition
The organisers of an exhibition tennis tournament in Germany are using robotic cameras, and semi-automated production to minimise the risk of spreading the coronavirus at the event, which starts today…
IMG teams with Facebook for Stay at Home Slam
The IMG agency has united eight of its top tennis clients, including the Williams sisters and Naomi Osaka, with leading names from the world of sport, entertainment and fashion to launch a new virtual…
ATP Media revenues up 15 per cent after key European broadcast deals
Revenues at ATP Media, the ATP Tour’s international media rights sales and broadcast production arm, reached $139.5m (€128.6m) in 2019 thanks, in part, to new broadcast deals in France, Spain and the UK.