Tennis
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.
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.
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.
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.
MTG picks up ATP rights in Sweden, Norway
Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired rights in Sweden and Norway to the Association of Tennis Professionals’ World Tour Masters 1000 series of tournaments and the season-ending ATP Finals.
Amazon partners with ATP for Next Gen Finals
Internet company Amazon has entered into a partnership with ATP Media, the broadcast arm of professional men’s tennis circuit the ATP World Tour, through which it will stream the Next Gen Finals.
China Open partners up with iFeng
Online streaming service iFeng has agreed a strategic partnership with the China Open ahead of this year’s edition of the tennis tournament.