With ESPN having agreed to televise Wimbledon through 2023, there has been some uncertainty regarding Tennis Channel’s ongoing association with the event. ESPN executive John Skipper told reporters Tuesday that he met with Tennis Channel [...]
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ESPN2 French Open Coverage to Be “Virtually All Live” Next Year
Starting next year, the bulk of ESPN2′s French Open coverage will air live in the early morning hours. ESPN and...
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Kevin Frazier: The Entertainment Tonight co-host, formerly of ESPN, will co-anchor coverage of the 2009 U.S. Open for... -
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ESPN plans to launch a Chicago specific version of ESPN.com. The new site, ESPNChicago.com, will launch in April and...
Jimmy Connors: The tennis legend has been named the lead analyst for coverage of this year’s U.S. Open on Tennis Channel, joining Bill Macatee and Martina Navratilova. Connors, who has worked for NBC and the [...]
Read more ›Starting next year, ESPN and The Tennis Channel will own the cable rights to all four Grand Slams. TVWeek reports that the USTA will officially announce a deal giving ESPN cable rights to the U.S. [...]
Read more ›In going for an ace, the USTA may end up with a double fault. Rights for the U.S. Open are up for grabs, and while previous indications were that ESPN would very likely be involved [...]
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Richard Sandomir of the New York Times reports the USA Network “is expected to shed its money-losing coverage of United States Open tennis as soon as its deal ends” in 2008. USA, which has telecast [...]
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NBC will air Wimbledon through 2011 — possibly just in time for the completion of this year’s rain-delayed Finals. In addition to NBC, the All England Club has also agreed in principle to extend its [...]
Read more ›As of yet, the NBA has not announced a new television deal. The NBA and Disney are nearing a deal “that has the entertainment giant buying a minority stake in the league’s nascent NBA China [...]
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