Al Jazeera rejects Tennis Channel takeover talk

Qatari pay-television operator Al Jazeera has denied it is interested in acquiring Tennis Channel, the US pay-television broadcaster.

The New York Post newspaper said earlier this week that Al Jazeera was considering a takeover of Tennis Channel, but a senior executive with knowledge of Al Jazeera’s US media strategy told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: “There is no such interest.”

Tennis Channel is owned by a group of private equity firms, including Apollo Partners and Bain Capital, and has never said it is for sale.