Tennis

The Slovak Sport portfolio of channels will be reduced today with the Slovak Sport.TV 3 channel ceasing transmission today (Thursday).

Indian media group Multi Screen Media has announced that its Liv Sports digital division has acquired mobile and internet rights for the 2015 edition of the Australian Open tennis grand slam tournament.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), which operates the Wimbledon tennis championships, has played down reports that coverage of the tournament could be shown on pay-television broadcaster BT Sport.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has held talks that could lead to its coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championships being shared with a pay-television broadcaster, according to multiple reports.

Digital media company Perform and the IMG Events & Media agency have come away honours even after head-to-head battles for two of the biggest contracts in the sports betting rights market.

Perform’s commitment to produce and distribute live coverage of all 2,000 Women’s Tennis Association matches from 2017 will elevate the WTA to the company of the world’s elite sports leagues.

Media rights clips from November 27 to December 10

Interview with Simon Denyer, joint chief executive of Perform, on the company’s new 10-year deal with the Women’s Tennis Association.

Digital sports media company Perform has struck a long-term media rights and production deal with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) that has been hailed by the tour operator as the largest such agreement in the history of women’s sport.

Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom has partnered with pay-television broadcaster Teleclub to launch a new subscription video-on-demand service offering sports and entertainment content.

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has acquired the exclusive live rights for the Wimbledon tennis championships in Denmark and retained a host of high-profile golf properties in the Nordic and Baltic regions.

The B4 Capital agency has secured a deal for the global media rights to the Match for Africa 2 tennis exhibition event between Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.

Media rights clips from October 30 to November 12

The operators of the International Premier Tennis League have announced that the inaugural 2014 edition of the tournament will be shown in more than 125 countries worldwide.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive rights to ATP Stuttgart, one of the newest events to be added to the ATP World Tour, the leading global men’s professional tennis circuit.

US pay-per-view and closed circuit sports events distributor Integrated Sports Media has acquired rights to new franchise-based competition the International Premier Tennis League.