Recent Posts tagged with Tennis Channel
By SVG Staff | Friday, October 16, 2020 - 10:36 am
Tennis Channel and ATP Media, the broadcast arm of the ATP as the governing body of men’s professional tennis, have concluded a multiyear television and digital rights deal that will make the network the exclusive U.S. television home of the majority of ATP Tour events. As part of an agreement that begins in 2021, the […]
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By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor | Friday, October 2, 2020 - 12:01 pm
Tennis Channel returned to Roland Garros this week for what SVP, Production/Executive Producer Bob Whyley often refers to as “our Super Bowl.” However, this year’s operation looks dramatically different from the broadcaster’s past efforts, with a limited crew onsite and extensive use of its Los Angeles broadcast center for remote production. Luckily for Whyley and […]
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By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor | Friday, August 14, 2020 - 11:37 am
This week’s WTA Top Seed Open in Lexington, KY, represents the first WTA- or ATP-sanctioned event on U.S. soil since the pandemic shut down the sports world in mid March, and Tennis Channel is on hand to bring the action live to the masses. While the tournament marks the return for high-profile stateside tennis, it’s […]
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By Kristian Hernandez, Associate Editor | Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 11:59 am
This past weekend was a momentous time in U.S. sports. Fox Sports presented The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Speedway, the organization’s first competition in more than two months. Nine days before that race, Tennis Channel offered a live event experience during the UTR Pro Match Series from May 8-10. The tennis experience will return […]
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By SVG Staff | Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 9:27 am
Tennis Channel will introduce an international subscription streaming service on April 28, the first-stage rollout for what is intended to become a global tennis-media destination. Initially launching in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with plans for other worldwide markets, the OTT platform will offer content on the new Tennis Channel International app, with the service available […]
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By SVG Staff | Monday, March 9, 2020 - 9:30 am
Tennis Channel has promoted Ross Schneiderman to full-time executive producer, vice president, from the senior coordinating producer role he has held since 2013. Previously working on a part-time, remote-production basis, he continues to report to Bob Whyley, senior vice president of production and executive producer.
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By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor | Friday, October 18, 2019 - 11:33 am
In just two years of existence, the USTA National Campus has become the epicenter of American tennis, hosting more than 100 competitive events in 2019 alone. Now the USTA’s year-round training facility in the Lake Nona region of Orlando has the broadcast-technology chops to match. Last month, Tennis Channel opened a fully equipped broadcast-control room […]
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By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor | Friday, September 6, 2019 - 11:48 am
Tennis Channel will close out its 11th year at the US Open this weekend, and the network is churning out more content than ever, with more than 160 hours of linear content and a cache of digital content coming out of Flushing, NY, over the past two weeks. Tennis Channel once again has a dedicated […]
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By SVG Staff | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 12:05 pm
Tennis Channel and the USTA, in conjunction with the NCAA, have entered a three-year partnership that makes the network the exclusive television home of the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis National Championships. The agreement begins with this year’s events, to be held at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, May 16-25.
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By SVG Staff | Monday, January 21, 2019 - 10:30 am
fuboTV is increasing its tennis coverage with the addition of Tennis Channel to its fubo Extra tier and Sports Plus add-on package.
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