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The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and technology giant IBM have agreed to a five-year extension of their long-standing commercial and technical partnership, ensuring IBM remains the Official Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Partner of the US Open Grand Slam tournament through 2031.
The 2026 US Open Tennis Championships marked a year of change with respect to TV coverage. And for ESPN it meant a new 20,000 sq. ft. home as well as
A year after returning to the US Open with an onsite studio show for the first time in five years, Tennis Channel is back in the same spot on Fountain
World Team Tennis (WTT) has announced a broadcast partnership with USA Sports, the sports division of Versant. USA Sports will air all six of WTT’s live matches exclusively on CNBC
Sportradar has expanded its partnership with Polymarket, extending its sports data, streaming and integrity services to the prediction market platform across more than 20 leagues and competitions. The expanded US agreement adds properties including the Bundesliga, Euroleague Basketball, Chinese…
Tennis Channel will serve as the exclusive U.S. broadcast home of the 2026 International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which will honor Roger Federer and longtime broadcaster Mary Carillo.
It made a controversial splash at this year's AO, and now supports Aussie AFL and NRL athletes. Whoop wearables are making their mark in Australia, as the Boston-based company reaches decacorn status.
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
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
The technical-services provider supplies infrastructure for the host broadcast and two world feeds Gravity Media is onsite at the Australian Open in a big way, with 75 crew members overseeing
Onsite control room returns, boosting the broadcaster’s footprint by 25% and increasing its onsite team to 100 ESPN this year has embraced a new hybrid model for its Australian Open
Watching all the matches online requires the highest tier of ESPN’s service.
