Tennis

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired rights to the latter stages of the ongoing edition of the French Open tennis grand slam, as Rafael Nadal seeks to secure a record 10th title on the clay at Roland-Garros.

Chinese internet company Tencent has signed an exclusive digital media partnership with the French Tennis Federation (FFT) for coverage of the French Open grand slam tournament at Roland-Garros.

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has bolstered its tennis coverage by acquiring rights to men’s ATP events the Paris Masters and World Tour Finals.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has stepped up its Wimbledon coverage by acquiring rights to the qualifiers for this year’s edition of the tennis grand slam.

Indian pay-television channel DSport has acquired rights to the 2017 Tie Break Tens tennis event, which takes place in the Spanish city of Madrid tomorrow (Thursday).

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has signed a rights deal for events operated by the Spanish Badminton Federation and has renewed an agreement to produce and manage the worldwide live feed for coverage of the Conde de Godó ATP World Tour men’s tennis tournament in Barcelona.

UK production company Sunset+Vine has signed a three-year host broadcast partnership with Tie Break Tens, and has brokered an exclusive rights deal for the tennis series with media company UKTV.

ATP Media, the broadcast arm of professional men’s tennis circuit the ATP World Tour, has launched a new archive service for its broadcast partners.

The InfrontRingier agency has said the inaugural edition of Women’s Tennis Association tournament, the Ladies Open Biel Bienne, will set a first for the sport by providing live virtual reality coverage.

Sports broadcaster Eurosport has completed its set of grand slam tennis rights in Turkey and Central Asia, acquiring Wimbledon rights from Saran Media in a three-year deal.

SuperSport’s latest deal for French Open media rights in sub-Saharan Africa has illustrated the lack of competition for tennis rights in the region, despite the entrance of new players.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has secured rights to the Wimbledon tennis championships in a further eight territories.

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for the Laver Cup tennis event.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has acquired rights to the upcoming Tie Break Tens tennis event in Madrid.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed rights to two properties in the last month as it seeks to protect its sports-rights portfolio well into the future.

Striking a digital rights deal is thought to have helped Tennis Australia earn a large increase in Japan for the 2017 Australian Open.