Tennis
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.
French Open domestic rights tender set to launch
BeIN Sport tipped to take tennis rights off Canal Plus
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport is close to deals for the rights in France to the Wimbledon tennis championships and ATP men’s tournaments, according to L’Équipe.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From July 25 to August 28
Media rights clips from 25 July to 30 August
Zenga TV serves up US Open action
Mobile television service Zenga TV has sealed the exclusive mobile rights to the 2013 US Open tennis championships in India.
Eurosport serves up new platform for US Open viewers in Germany
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has launched a new television service in Germany to bolster its coverage of the US Open tennis championships.
Fox Sports seals exclusive deal for US Open
Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired exclusive rights for the US Open tennis tournament.
TWC to offer free Tennis Channel preview
US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable will offer a free preview of pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel to customers who cannot access the CBS network during the US Open tennis tournament due of a contract dispute.
USTA making US Open plans amid CBS-TWC dispute
The US Tennis Association has begun talks on alternative broadcast plans for the US Open tournament if CBS remains off the air in the New York area due to the network’s ongoing dispute with cable-television operator Time Warner Cable.
Watching Brief (Vol.58) Special Focus: Tennis – French Open
Watching Brief (Vol.59) Special Focus: Wimbledon and Lions
Sat.1 Gold targeting tennis rights on back of Lisicki success
German free-to-air television channel Sat.1 Gold is seeking to enhance its tennis rights portfolio following the success of Sabine Lisicki at the Wimbledon championships.
Tennis Australia defends broadcast rights deal
Tennis Australia vice-president Harold Mitchell has defended the governing body’s decision to sell the latest domestic media rights for the Australian Open to commercial broadcaster Seven without a tender.
Tennis Channel seeks return to court over Comcast dispute
US pay-television broadcaster the Tennis Channel has requested a rehearing of its court claim that pay-television provider Comcast unfairly placed the channel in a lower tier than Golf Channel and other channels in which it holds an interest, according to the Variety newspaper.