Tennis
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
Sony Pictures Networks acquires rights to India-Denmark Davis Cup tie
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India has acquired exclusive media rights across the Indian subcontinent for the forthcoming Davis Cup tie between India and Denmark
Nine talks up sports rights ambitions on back of strong financial results
The chief executive of Australian media group Nine Entertainment, Mike Sneesby, suggested the company is interested in acquiring domestic cricket rights as well as renewing its Australian Open tennis rights,…
EXCLUSIVE: ATP Board votes to remove conflicts of interest, spelling end for IMG seat
The ATP Board, the decision-making body of the ATP men’s tennis tour, has approved a motion to remove conflicts of interest, meaning IMG Tennis’ Gavin Forbes will be unable to run again as one of three tou…
Seven secures 30-per-cent revenue increase, aims to retake Australian Open rights
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven will attempt to win back domestic broadcast rights to the Australian Open when negotiations over the tennis grand slam's next rights cycle begin later this year
BeIN Sports acquires ATP rights across Southeast Asia
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired ATP Tour rights for nine markets across Southeast Asia in a four-year deal with the Association of Tennis Professionals, running 2022 to 2025
L’Équipe adds selection of ATP 250 rights to portfolio
French sports broadcaster L’Équipe has acquired free-to-air rights to the four ATP 250 men’s tennis tournaments held in France.
BBC secures Australian Open highlights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a sublicensing deal with media group Discovery for highlights rights to the 2022 Australian Open tennis tournament
ATP, WTA tours partner for ‘Drive to Survive’-style Netflix docuseries
The Association of Tennis Professionals, Women's Tennis Association and all four tennis grand slams are collaborating to create an immersive Netflix docuseries in partnership with Formula 1: Drive to …