Tennis
Amazon picks up Laver Cup tennis rights
FCC dismisses beIN Sports’ carriage complaint
Sky Italia holds on to MotoGP as new rival DAZN picks up LaLiga and much of the Fox inventory
Sky Italia extends Wimbledon deal, picks up Bundesliga rights
Saudi Ministry rubbishes BeoutQ claims
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Media has rubbished claims it is complicit in the operation of pirate service BeoutQ as a “malicious lie”.
Tennis bodies join chorus of criticism for BeoutQ
The top sanctioning and governing bodies in tennis have joined forces to “publicly condemn and call for the immediate closure” of BeoutQ, a pirate service based in Saudi Arabia.
Wimbledon secures extensions with broadcast partners
The All England Lawn Tennis Club, organising body of Wimbledon, has renewed deals for the grand slam tournament with broadcast partners in France, Spain, Japan and the Middle East and North Africa.
Nine returns to the court for extended Australian Open deal
Nine has today (Monday) reached an agreement to commence its coverage of the Australian Open a year early, with the deal coming a week after it said it had exited talks with the rights-holder of the tennis grand slam, fellow commercial broadcaster Seven.
World TeamTennis goes global with OTT platform
US-based mixed gender team league World TeamTennis has launched a new OTT platform that will provide live streaming of every match for the first time in its 43-season history.
Nine backs out of talks for early start to Australian Open coverage
Nine has exited talks with fellow commercial broadcaster Seven to make an early start to its domestic coverage of the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament, leaving it without a mainstream sports event this summer.
ITV extends French Open rights deal
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has struck a three-year extension to its rights deal for tennis grand slam the French Open.
Amazon lines up Laver Cup rights deal – report
E-commerce and media company Amazon is close to agreeing a rights deal for the Laver Cup tennis tournament, according to the Australian Financial Review newspaper.
Eurosport to launch 4K channel for French Open
International sports broadcaster Eurosport will launch a dedicated 4K ultra-HD channel for its coverage of this year’s French Open tennis tournament.
French Open extends with Japanese rights partners
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has extended its deals with its Japanese broadcast rights partners ahead of this year’s edition of the French Open grand slam tournament.
Kerber becomes latest tennis streaming star
Germany’s Angelique Kerber has become the latest tennis player to strike a deal to stream her matches live via social media platform Facebook.
Amazon seals US Open rights deal
The United States Tennis Association has confirmed a five-year deal with Amazon that grants the internet company exclusive live rights in the UK and Ireland to the US Open grand slam tournament.
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.
Edmund joins tennis’ social streaming set
British No.1 Kyle Edmund has become the latest tennis player to stream his matches via social media channels through an agreement with endorsement partner British Airways.