Tennis
Amazon opens up access to Nadal-Djokovic French Open clash
Subscription streaming service Amazon Prime Video has agreed to make its coverage of tomorrow’s (Tuesday’s) highly-anticipated French Open quarter-final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic open to …
French Tennis Federation welcomes anti-piracy ruling
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has welcomed an interim order issued by a Paris court this week against streaming websites that are illegally broadcasting the ongoing French Open
Kosmos gets increased fee and exposure in Italy for Davis Cup
Kosmos Tennis has made a strong start to its Davis Cup media rights sales by securing increases in fee across Italy and the Balkans, a sign that the competition’s revamped format is bearing fruit.
Disney regains French Open rights in Brazil
Media group Disney has acquired rights in Brazil to this year’s edition of the French Open tennis tournament, which gets underway on Sunday.
SVT nets Stockholm Open tennis rights in Spring Media-brokered deal
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has acquired rights for the 2022 Stockholm Open, the ATP Tour 250 series event that will take place from October 15-23
ESPN extends US rights to Australian Open through 2031
Relationship with Tennis Australia will move into a fifth decade
SuperSport strikes steady renewals for French and Australian Opens
African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport renewed its exclusive English-language rights to the French Open and Australian Open, paying slight increases in both to secure longer terms.
Kooyong Classic to return in 2023 with new title sponsor
Melbourne tennis tournament the Kooyong Classic will return next January after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic
Servus deal keeps French Open free-to-air value flat in Austria
Austrian commercial broadcaster ServusTV has paid a flat fee to secure rights to the French Open tennis Grand Slam this year, replacing Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF.
French Open value suffers steep decline in India with Sony
Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks secured rights to the French Open tennis tournament amid a lack of competition.
Kosmos turns to Sportfive to sell Davis Cup media rights in Asia
Kosmos Tennis, part of the investment group co-founded by Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué, has appointed Sportfive as its exclusive media rights agency in most of Asia for the next three editions of the …
Sony nets French Open rights across Indian subcontinent
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has secured exclusive platform-neutral rights in the Indian subcontinent for the French Open in a deal running from 2022 to 2024
ServusTV lands French Open rights in Austria
Free-to-air commercial broadcaster ServusTV has acquired rights in Austria to this year’s edition of the French Open grand slam tennis tournament.
WTA earning uplifts in Greece and Balkans with United
The rise of Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas has increased the popularity of tennis in Greece, a country where the sport has just begun to break into mainstream culture.
SuperSport extends French Open rights in sub-Saharan Africa
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has renewed its media rights agreement for Roland Garros with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport in sub-Saharan Africa for another six years
Eurosport renews tennis rights agreement with RFET
Eurosport has renewed its media rights agreement with the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) for a minimum of 14 Spanish tennis tournaments due to take place in 2022
Sky ‘lining up’ US Open rights deal in UK
Pay-television broadcaster Sky is set to agree a rights deal in the UK for the US Open, rekindling its association with the tennis grand slam, according to The Times
Singtel expands beIN Sports carriage deal
Singaporean telco Singtel has expanded its carriage deal with pan-regional broadcaster beIN Sports to add two channels