Tennis
Belgian fans granted access to Goffin matches through Facebook deal
The matches of Belgian tennis star David Goffin during this week’s Open Sud de France tournament in Montpellier will be broadcast live and exclusively in his home nation on social media platform Facebook.
BeIN strikes Australian Open rights extension
BeIN Media Group has struck a multi-year extension to its rights deal with Tennis Australia incorporating coverage of the Australian Open grand slam tournament in the Middle East and North Africa.
SuperSport retains Australian Open rights
SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has struck a three-year extension to its rights deal for tennis grand slam the Australian Open.
Fox Sports Asia retains Australian Open rights
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Asia has renewed an agreement for rights to the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament.
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RDA, Zeus Sports to market Tie Break Tens
The RDA and Zeus Sports Marketing agencies have been appointed to oversee the global media-rights sales for Tie Break Tens, the short-form tennis series.
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Bandsports extends French Open deal, adds ATP rights
Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Bandsports has extended its deal for tennis grand slam the French Open and has also acquired a package of rights for the men’s ATP World Tour.
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.
Amazon seals ATP rights deal in UK and Ireland, adds US partnership
The Association of Tennis Professionals, organising body of the men’s world tour, has today (Friday) confirmed a rights deal with Amazon for the UK and Ireland, along with a partnership with the internet company for the US market.
Amazon snaps up US Open tennis rights
Internet company Amazon has acquired exclusive rights in the UK for the US Open tennis tournament, according to multiple reports.
Eurosport secures extension to US Open rights deal
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has reached an agreement to continue showing the US Open grand slam tennis tournament across Europe, with the exception of the UK and Ireland.
BBC serves up ATP Finals extension
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended its rights deal with the Association of Tennis Professionals for the ATP Finals, the annual climax to the men’s professional season.
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.
AELTC settles claims over Wimbledon’s Chinese rights deal
The All England Lawn Tennis Club, organiser of the Wimbledon grand slam championships, has settled its claims against LETV, operator of Chinese online streaming platform LeSports.
Australian Open extends Chinese rights deal
Tennis Australia, organiser of the Australian Open, has extended and expanded its broadcast partnership with Chinese streaming platform iQiyi for the grand slam tournament.
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.