Tennis
YouTube to offer live streaming of Wimbledon
The YouTube video-sharing website has announced it will provide “four to six” hours per day of live content from the 2013 Wimbledon tennis championships through its Live@Wimbledon channel.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From May 30 to June 12
Mediaset the home of premium sport in crisis-hit market
Mediaset Spain bags cut-price Fifa World Cup and French Open tennis rights
Rights value looks set to rise in France for key properties
Canal Plus and Al Jazeera prepare for extended summer rally for Wimbledon and ATP rights
Ten hits out as Tennis Australia confirms Seven rights deal
Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has criticised Tennis Australia’s decision to award a five-year domestic rights extension for the Australian Open to rival broadcaster Seven without holding an auction.
Canal Plus plays down interest in French Open rights
Cyril Linette, the director of sports at Canal Plus, has said that the French pay-television broadcaster is not interested in acquiring rights for the French Open tennis tournament.
Tennis Australia serves up Australian Open rights extension – report
Tennis Australia has agreed a five-year extension of its domestic rights deal for the Australian Open with commercial broadcaster Seven Network, according to the Australian Financial Review newspaper.
IMG launches Wimbledon rights sales process in France
The IMG Media agency has launched the sales process for rights in France to the Wimbledon tennis tournament, according to French newspaper l’Equipe.
Mediaset to show closing rounds of French Open
Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset Spain has acquired rights for the final week of the French Open tennis tournament.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From May 16 to May 29
Talks for free-to-air rights in Spain drag on into week two
Talks for free-to-air rights for French Open talks drag on past the first week of the tournament
US appeals court rules in favour of Comcast in Tennis Channel dispute
A federal appeals court has ruled Comcast did not discriminate against the Tennis Channel by placing it on a different cable television subscription tier to its own sports network.
Sports Minister warns against pay-television approach to French Open rights
France’s Sports Minister, Valerie Fourneyron, has warned the French Tennis Federation the French Open tennis grand slam must remain on free-to-air television.
Bandsports partners with Sky Brasil for French Open rights
Sky Brasil has agreed a deal with Bandsports to carry coverage of the French Open, according to the Maquina do Esporte website.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From May 2 to May 15
StarHub makes outspoken attack on the Premier League
ESPN aces exclusive US Open rights as Canadian deal is extended
The US Tennis Association has sealed 11-year rights deals for the US Open with US pay-TV broadcaster ESPN and Canadian pay-TV broadcasters TSN and RDS.
ESPN in US Open talks
US sports broadcaster ESPN is in talks to acquire all domestic rights to the US Open tennis tournament.