Tennis

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand will target more domestic sports content after signing a series of domestic rights deals in recent days, according to spokeswoman Kirsty Way.

Media rights clips from September 18 to October 1

Pay-television broadcaster SportKlub has acquired rights for the inaugural International Premier Tennis League in the Balkans.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in the Nordic region for the 2014 ATP Stockholm Open men’s tennis tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster the Abu Dhabi Media Company has acquired rights for the International Premier Tennis League, according to the Indian Television news website.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has acquired rights for the International Premier Tennis League, a new team competition that will take place across several countries in Asia, according to the Indian Television news website.

Fox Sports Asia, the regional subsidiary of 21st Century Fox’s broadcast arm Fox International Channels, has agreed a six-year extension to its rights deal for the Wimbledon tennis championships across a host of Asian markets.

The International Premier Tennis League is thought to have set the Ufa Sports agency a target for global media rights sales for this year’s inaugural event in order to trigger a two-year extension, for 2015 and 2016.

Betradar, a division of sports and betting-related services company Sportradar, has launched its Live Channel service for retail betting shops by striking a deal with German bookmaker Tipico.

The International Tennis Federation is in advanced negotiations with Qatari pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports over a lucrative, long-term global rights deal for Davis Cup and Fed Cup tennis matches, TV Sports Markets understands.

Indian pay-television operator Sony Six is understood to have paid only a nominal sum to acquire the rights in the Indian subcontinent to the inaugural Champions Tennis League, the franchise-based tournament founded by former Indian player Vijay Amritraj.

Media rights clips from July 24 to August 20

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired rights for the new Champions Tennis League in India.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has announced it will launch a new multi-sports channel next month.

The Ufa Sports agency has agreed a deal to become the exclusive marketer of the global media rights to the inaugural International Premier Tennis League, which is scheduled to launch in November.

Media rights clips from July 10 to July 23.