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Among other tweaks to coverage, the broadcaster added announce positions in the booth and in the stands on multiple courts Wimbledon 2026 will be remembered for the heat as well
NEP Europe has announced a new multi-year agreement with Wimbledon Broadcast Services (WBS) as broadcast technical services provider for The Championships, Wimbledon, extending their longstanding relationship. The announcement accompanies NEP’s
The All England Lawn Tennis Club, AKQA and Hawk-Eye Innovations have launched HawkAR: Inclusive Feed, a combined accessibility layer for The Championships, Wimbledon 2026. The solution brings together two breakthrough
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has agreed a new broadcast partnership extension with the BBC, securing coverage of the Grand Slam tournament until 2033. The free-to-air agreement guarantees that Wimbledon will remain fully accessible to UK audiences across television, radio, and digital…
ATP and TikTok have announced an expansion of their global content partnership, extending the ATP’s TikTok hub powered by TikTok GamePlan to cover all nine ATP Masters 1000 events and
The British Open – one of the most prestigious and historic tournaments in professional squash – has returned to Birmingham’s Repertory Theatre, or ‘The Rep’ as it is affectionately known.
Sportradar Group AG has announced a multi-year extension of its exclusive global data and audiovisual betting rights agreement for The Championships, Wimbledon with the All England Club. The rights were
Tennis Channel has completed a transition from satellite-based distribution to a fully IP-native distribution model in partnership with LTN. The network, owned by Sinclair, delivers more than 100 tournaments annually
Warner Bros. Discovery is expanding the scale of its coverage and the level of customisation it can bring to Roland-Garros, as the broadcaster looks to build on last year’s inaugural
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) will provide live coverage of all 900 Roland-Garros matches across its platforms beginning with qualifiers on May 18. In Europe, 215 hours of live linear coverage
Brothers John and Patrick McEnroe will host two hours of whiparound coverage from Roland-Garros during the French Open’s first six days, TNT Sports is set to announce. The Mac Zone will go live on truTV around 9 a.m. ET, with the first hour each day simulcast to YouTube, as more sports broadcasters…
Foxtel Business has announced an exclusive distribution partnership with beIN Sports on 27 March 2026. The agreement brings premium European football and international tennis back to Australian pubs and clubs after a six-month hiatus, during which beIN’s commercial distribution was handled by the…
The World Teleport Association (WTA) has named Skyline Communications’ DataMiner SatOps solution as the winner of the 2026 Teleport Technology of the Year award. The award was announced March 24
ATP Media has expanded its partnership with sports technology company Deltatre to transform its broadcast production across the 2026 ATP Tour. The new multi-year deal builds on a data and graphics collaboration that began in 2017. The latest technology includes fully automated data-driven TV…
Deltatre has announced a multi-year partnership with ATP Media, the media arm of the ATP Tour, covering broadcast graphics, data, and production across the 2026 ATP Tour. The partnership expands
The World Teleport Association (WTA) has named Skyline Communications’ DataMiner SatOps solution as a finalist for the 2026 Teleport Technology of the Year award. This nomination highlights a shift in
Behind The Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s
Gravity Media, which concentrates in production, content, media services, and facilities, delivered the Australian Open 2026 with a bespoke international broadcast center and large-scale IP production environment. Together, this formed
Increased pre-tournament festivities, a second world feed, Mojo camera array are intended to keep fans and viewers coming back As always, Australian Open 2026 is heading toward what promises to
Although this is their first time on ESPN, the Australian Open host broadcaster debuted the animated alternate presentation at last year’s tournament. For the first time, ESPN is presenting AO
