Tennis
BeIN Sport swoops for Wimbledon and ATP World Tour rights
French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has acquired exclusive domestic rights for the Wimbledon tennis championships and the men’s ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and 500 series plus the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.
Sport1 extends ATP World Tour rights partnership
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended a rights deal for the ATP World Tour, the professional men’s tennis tour, for three years, from 2014 to 2016.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From October 10 to October 23
Media rights clips from 10 October 23 October
Second-tier rights prices set for boom
Fox shows its teeth with three new deals, Eurosport renews two, pushing up prices for second-tier rights
Eurosport to hang on to French Open until 2021 in blockbuster deal
Eurosport set to tie up French Open in long-term deal to cement its grip on grand slam tennis
VGTRK interested in broader WTA rights deal
Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has acquired media rights for the WTA Championships, the season-ending tournament of the Women’s Tennis Association, and has not discounted agreeing a broader deal for the WTA Tour.
ARD and ZDF fail with Wimbledon rights bid
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have had a joint bid for the rights to the 2014 Wimbledon tennis championships rejected by rights-holder the IMG agency, according to the Sponsors.de website.
FIC aces French Open rights deal in Asia
The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of US media company 21st Century Fox has signed a five-year contract for the exclusive rights to the French Open tennis grand slam across 20 territories in Asia.
FFT to review Roland Garros tender process
Fédération Française de Tennis, the governing body of tennis in France, will review its tender for the next cycle of media rights to the French Open tournament after receiving only two bids.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From September 12 to September 25
Media rights clips from 12 September to 25 September
TF1 not interested in French Open rights
TF1 has joined fellow French commercial broadcaster M6 in stating it will not bid for the next cycle of media rights to the French Open tennis tournament.
M6 won’t bid for French Open rights
French commercial broadcaster M6 has said it will not submit a bid for the domestic rights to the French Open tennis tournament.
ESPN seals ATP World Tour rights extension
ESPN has agreed a “long-term” rights deal with the ATP World Tour that will allow the US pay-television broadcaster to show more hours of live coverage from the top professional men’s tennis tour.
Sportradar scores Ligue 1 rights in MP & Silva deal
Sports and betting-related data company Sportradar has agreed a deal with MP & Silva for the exclusive retail broadcast rights to French Ligue 1 football, along with other sports properties held by the agency.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From August 29 to September 11
Media rights clips from 29 August to 11 September
ITF relaunches Davis Cup streaming service
The International Tennis Federation, the sport’s world governing body, has relaunched online streaming service DavisCup.tv, which provides live coverage of the Davis Cup men’s national team tournament.
FFT makes three packages available for French Open rights
Fédération Française de Tennis, the governing body of tennis in France, has launched a domestic tender split into three separate packages for the next cycle of media rights to the French Open tournament.
NTV Plus slashes price of sports package
Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus is to slash the price of its Supersport package of sports channels.