Tennis
Big three players at the crossroads after changes at the top
Agencies at the crossroads
Bild website to stream Germany Davis Cup match for free
The Bild newspaper will stream free live coverage on its website of the country’s Davis Cup tennis match against Argentina this weekend.
Eurosport attracts record tennis audience
Live coverage of Sunday’s Australian Open tennis men’s final generated pan-European broadcaster Eurosport’s largest-ever audience for a tennis match.
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Eurosport renews tennis grand slams
Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport renewed two major tennis rights deals, for the French Open for three years, from 2012 to 2014, and the US Open for six years, from 2012 to 2017
Perform: No major strategy change
Perform says WTA deal is not a major strategy change
Perform sees untapped value in WTA content
Extra matches key to Perform and IEC hopes for WTA growth
British Eurosport secures Davis Cup rights
British Eurosport, the UK arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, acquired rights for Davis Cup tennis in a two-year deal, covering 2012 and 2013, with the International Tennis Federation
Tennis Channel secures Verizon carriage
US pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel reached a new multi-year carriage agreement with IPTV operator Verizon FiOS TV, ending a four-month blackout
TSN extends Australian Open rights until 2021
TSN, the Canadian sports broadcaster majority-owned by the Bell Media group, renewed its rights for the Australian Open tennis tournament in a 10-year deal, from 2012 to 2021, with Tennis Australia, the…
Six Nations deal sheds light on BBC cuts strategy
BBC strategy comes into focus with Six Nations renewal
BBC to scale back Australian Open coverage
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC confirmed reduced coverage plans for the 2012 Australian Open tennis tournament, which starts on Monday
EBU retains AELTC contract
The European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of European public-service broadcasters, retained the contract to provide the technical distribution of the global broadcast feed for the Wimbledon Tennis…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Sailing, skiing, tennis, US college sports and more
Pan American Games: Brazilian commercial broadcaster Record acquired rights for the 2019 Pan American Games in a deal said to be worth more than the $30m (€21.6
Sportsman and Perform corner a growing market
Tennis deals put spotlight on growing betting rights market
Silva off to good start with UK French Open deal
Large increase in UK rights fee as Sky pushes ITV
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Ice hockey, ice skating, Olympics, skiing, tennis and more
Ice Hockey: Regional sports channel Fox Sports Florida agreed a multi-year extension to its rights agreement with the NHL’s Florida Panthers. The new deal begins in the 2012-13 season.