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Foxtel and beIN extend multi-year content, advertising deal
Pay-television broadcasters Foxtel Group and beIN Sports have signed a new multi-year carriage and advertising sales deal in Australia
CVC seeking to create combined ATP and WTA commercial entity
Investment firm CVC is in talks to combine ATP and WTA tennis rights in a deal that would create a new commercial entity valued at $4bn (€3.3bn).
Nordea Open serves up C More rights deal
C More, the Telia-owned pay-television broadcaster, and Sportkanalen, its Swedish sports channel, have acquired domestic broadcast rights to the Nordea Open, a Swedish ATP 250 and WTA 125 event on the…
TV2 Denmark secures long-term WTA rights amid Tauson interest
Commercial broadcaster TV2 has sealed a long-term deal for Women’s Tennis Association rights in Denmark as it looks to capitalise on emerging Danish talent.
Tennis ‘cannot survive’ without return of spectators
Senior tennis officials have expressed concern about the viability of major tennis tournaments as restrictions on attendance drag on
ATP approves Italian 250 tournament, WTA adds Poland event
The Association of Tennis Professionals and Women’s Tennis Association have both announced the addition of new European events to their calendars for 2021.
Eleven nets WTA rights in Portugal until 2023
International subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights to a range of Women’s Tennis Association events for a three-year period until 2023.
Barty extends with Fila, launches new ‘AB’ logo
Italian sports brand Fila has extended its sponsorship of current world number one women’s tennis player Ashleigh Barty.
Świątek interest inspires six-year Canal Plus, WTA deal in Poland
The Women’s Tennis Association has agreed a new six-year deal with pay-television broadcaster Platforma Canal Plus in Poland, from 2021, amid interest in Polish player Iga Świątek.
WTA planning full calendar for 2021, including China
The Women's Tennis Association is preparing to launch its 2021 season in the first week of January and plans a full calendar of more than 50 tournaments, including events in China
Stats Perform unveils six-year GVC agreement on back of WTA data deal
GVC Holdings, the sports betting group that houses bookmakers including Bwin, Coral, Ladbrokes, and Sportingbet, has become the first client to be announced as taking the expanded Women’s Tennis Association d…
Stats Perform marries WTA data supply with betting streaming rights in six-year deal
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has finalised a six-year agreement for the Women’s Tennis Association’s data rights, adding to its existing betting streaming rights to the women’s tour.
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Rescheduled Madrid Open cancelled after Covid-19 spike
This year’s Madrid Open, an event on men’s tennis’ ATP Tour and women’s tennis’ WTA Tour, has been cancelled amid rising concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Round-Up: WTA Tour restarts, IPL sponsor backlash, Chinese NBL to restart, and more
The restart of the Italian Serie A football season has been moved back a week to September 19 - Reuters/CNA
The WTA Tour restarted yesterday with the Palermo Ladies Open in Sicily, Italy - Reuters/ec/CNA
Round-Up: Fifa rejects Infantino investigation, Thai and Malaysian MotoGPs off, NBA reviews China training programmes, and more
Fifa said there is "no reason" for the Swiss criminal investigation into president Gianni Infantino, and he will continue in his role as normal
WTA’s China tournaments cancelled, including Shenzhen finals
The Women's Tennis Association's seven planned tournaments in China this year, including its finals in Shenzhen, have been cancelled
Round-Up: True threatens FAT, ITTF worlds postponed again, WTA ‘hopeful’ on China tournaments, and more
Thai pay-television broadcaster TrueVisions is threatening not to show the end of the extended Thai League 1 football season, and is demanding a reduction in its rights fees for the competition
Spotify’s collective model inspires new ATP chairman Gaudenzi
ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi talks about a challenging first nine months as ATP chairman and explains what tennis can learn from the music industry. Ben Cronin reports.