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Netflix docuseries to follow pro tennis players

Tennis fans will be able to share in a year in the life of some of the world’s best known players as they journey around the world, seeking to win on the sport’s biggest stages, in a new Netflix documentary series. To bring this series to the screen, Netflix has teamed up with the four […]

January 17, 2022By Nik Roseveare

beIN Sports acquires Australian Open rights in APAC

beIN Asia Pacific has secured exclusive rights to the Australian Open and the Adelaide International (ATP 250) Tournament in 10 territories across the Asia-Pacific region from 2022. The new 5-year media rights agreement commences with the 2022 edition of the Australian Open and Adelaide International ATP 250 Tournament.  Markets covered are Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, […]

January 12, 2022

StarHub serves up all 4 tennis Grand Slams

StarHub is the first provider in Singapore to serve up front-row seats to all four Grand Slam tournaments. Leveraging an extended partnership with beIN, customers with a Sports+ subscription will be able to watch live tennis action on beIN Sports 2, with the Australian Open from January 17th to 30th, and the French Open (Roland-Garros) […]

January 12, 2022

Watch4 to stream ATP 250 Tournaments

Watch4, an AVoD service in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, has entered into a licensing agreement with IMG, an Endeavor company, to stream three ATP 250 tournaments live from Australia. From now to January 15th, Watch4 will feature live streams of 21 Tennis Australia’s tournaments taking place in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The matches, which are […]

January 10, 2022

beIN Sports Asia acquires French Open rights

beIN Sports has secured exclusive rights to Roland-Garros, the French Open tennis tournament, in 10 territories across the Asia region. The new media rights agreement covers five editions of the tournament from 2022 to 2026. The Asian territories included in the agreement are Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Philippines, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. […]

January 7, 2022

BT Sport to broadcast Stockholm Open

BT Sport has announced that will broadcast action from the Stockholm Open, the indoor tennis event, from November 7th. This year’s line up includes Andy Murray, alongside Olympic winner Alexander Zverev and current British number 1 Cameron Norrie.   BT Sport’s live coverage of the first round will commence on November 7th on ESPN. Coverage […]

November 4, 2021By Nik Roseveare

StarHub adds SPOTV and SPOTV2

Singapore’s StarHub has announced an agreement to bring two new dedicated sports channels – SPOTV and SPOTV2 – to StarHub Entertainment customers. The channels are available for streaming on TVs and phones. All StarHub Sports+ and Sports Pass subscribers can catch live and on-demand coverage of motorsports (MotoGP) and table tennis events (WTT), tennis Grand […]

October 22, 2021

Prime Video unveils slate of new sports content

At the Prime Video Presents Sport 2021 showcase in London, Amazon Prime Video unveiled new updates and announcements across its premium live sports, films and TV series, featuring some of the biggest names in UK sport, including Nicola Adams, Thierry Henry and Wayne Rooney. The line-up of on-air talent and key broadcast details for the upcoming […]

October 12, 2021

Gravity Media taps Telestream for test and measurement gear

UK-based global broadcast solution provider, Gravity Media, has made a significant investment in Telestream test & measurement equipment. The purchase includes Master Sync and Clock Reference Generators, Automatic Changeover Units and multiple units of Telestream’s market-leading PRISM Waveform Monitors. The PRISM monitors include both rack-mounted and portable units. Over several decades, Gravity Media has developed […]

October 4, 2021

Japan: SES, SoftBank partner to deliver live sport

SoftBank, a telecom carrier in Japan, has partnered with SES for the aggregation and delivery of live sporting events to its corporate customers, such as TV stations and video distribution companies. Under the new agreement, SES, via its global infrastructure of multi-orbit satellite fleets and fibre network, will aggregate content and deliver it directly to […]

September 30, 2021