Tennis
Grand Slam duo stay on ServusTV in WBD deal
ServusTV will continue to sublicense media rights for tennis's Australian Open and French Open in Austria from WBD for the next two years.
Rolex strikes WTA Global Partner deal
Rolex has expanded its relationship with the Women's Tennis Association by joining its roster of Global Partners in a major new sponsorship unveiled today.
Latency improving for live streaming, report claims
New research carried out in the UK market has found that improvements have been made in lowering the latency for live sports streaming of major events this year
Tennium tasks Sportfive with Hamburg Open sales
Tennium, the organiser of the ATP Tour’s Hamburg Open, has turned to Sportfive to help sell sponsorship and hospitality packages from 2025 to 2028.
BeIN nets ATP rights extension in Australia
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended its rights to the ATP Tour in Australia for three further years, from 2025 to 2027, reinforcing its tennis offering in the country
T/Squared wins Davis Cup, BJK Cup media rights remit
T/Squared, the agency set up by the Team Marketing group to house new business, is to broker global media rights deals for the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup in a four-year deal, SportBusiness understands.
Tennis Channel goes OTT with cable-free service
Tennis Channel has announced a direct-to-consumer product, marking the first time in its 21-year history that viewers do not need a cable subscription to access content
WTA Finals back on CCTV for first time since 2021
The WTA Finals, the season-ending WTA Tour tournament, has returned to Chinese linear television for the first time since the Peng Shuai controversy in November 2021
Tennis events for sale as picture of a delisted Endeavor emerges
Endeavor Group is continuing to streamline its business ahead of being privatised, with the ATP and WTA 1000 tournaments that come under the IMG portfolio officially on the block.
BJK Cup finals switch to pay TV in Spain
Domestic coverage of next month’s Billie Jean King Cup finals from Málaga will be shown by Movistar Plus, the pay-television arm of Spanish telco Telefónica.
Wimbledon targets ‘largest possible’ audience with later finals slot
The singles finals at the Wimbledon Championships will start later in the afternoon in a bid to attract an even greater global audience, particularly by maximising eyeballs in the United States
Davis Cup group stage gone in format overhaul
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has made various changes to its international teams competitions, including the end of a Davis Cup group stage that has proved unpopular with some players and fans alike.
Whisper lands French Open host broadcast business
Whisper has won a high-profile piece of new business in a five-year deal to displace HBS and become the host broadcaster of tennis’ French Open.
Exclusivity, not dynamic pricing key to Wimbledon ticketing strategy
Ballots and queuing will remain the only way of securing general admission tickets to Wimbledon, which has categorically ruled out following dynamic pricing moves made in entertainment and starting to be adopted in sport.
EXCLUSIVE: DAZN streaming ends WTA’s Mena blackout
WTA Tour broadcast coverage has returned to the Middle East and North Africa following a near three-year blackout with DAZN committing to free streaming until the end of the 2024 season, SportBusiness…
Long-serving Tennis Channel CEO Solomon ‘sacked’
Tennis Channel's long-serving chief executive and chairman Ken Solomon has reportedly been ousted by parent company Sinclair for time spent on non-work activities
Learing calls time on WTA Media career
Tennis media rights executive John Learing is leaving DAZN after close to a decade heading up the WTA Media joint venture.
ESPN lands US Open renewal, cedes host broadcast
ESPN has renewed its rights to the US Open in a long-term 12-year deal that will run to 2037 but sees the United States Tennis Association assume host broadcast duties.