Tennis from Queens remains on BBC until 2024
The BBC has confirmed it has retained the rights to show Tennis from Queen’s for another seven years.
This announcement comes just months after the BBC had also kept Wimbledon coverage until 2024.
Wimbledon stays on the BBC until 2024
Wimbledon will continue to be broadcast on the BBC, after the BBC and the All England Club (AELTC) confirmed a four-year extension to their broadcast partnership.
The new agreement guarantees that Wimbledon will remain free-to-air for UK fans for a further four years until and including 2024 from the conclusion of the current contract in 2020. The deals covers TV, radio and online.
The BBC will offer up to 15 HD live streams from this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament in addition to 153 hours of coverage across BBC One and BBC Two.
In addition last year’s unpopular highlights programme Wimbledon 2Day has been axed, and will revert to the original “Today At Wimbledon” name and be presented by Clare Balding, alongside two expert guests every day on BBC Two. The hour-long round-up will “focus on the main matches and key talking points from the day’s play as The Championship builds to its climax”, according to the BBC.
Last year’s revamp of the highlights programme, which included rebranding it “Wimbledon 2Day” was was widely criticised by viewers for failing to provide enough focus on the day’s play. The BBC had to make adjustments to the format of the programme mid-way through the 2015 tournament, ditching the controversial on-screen audience standing in the background.
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Eurosport is on the verge of being the first commercial broadcaster to be allowed to broadcast live UK coverage of Wimbledon this summer.
The pay-TV channel has finalised details with the BBC about how it can partner with the corporation to air the tournament from 2016 to 2020 and is now awaiting consent from regulator Ofcom.
Under the deal Eurosport will simultaneously broadcast live coverage of the final with the BBC but also air evening highlights timed not to clash with the corporation’s own nightly roundup.
The BBC has aired Wimbledon for eight decades but with increasing pressure on the licence fee it has been looking to make savings with tie-ups with commercial broadcasters.
Speaking at a press conference in Paris in which Eurosport and its parent Discovery announced a number of sports rights deals, Eurosport chief executive Peter Hutton said he could not yet announce a deal about Wimbledon but said details how how it would work with the BBC have been ironed out.
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The BBC has extended its deal with the All England Club to secure tennis from Wimbledon on the BBC until and including 2020.
The extended three-year deal keeps the Grand Slam free to air and includes live online and radio coverage.
The announcement means the world-famous tennis tournament remains free-to-air across BBC One, Two, the Red Button, online and on radio for another three years.
BBC director general Tony Hall said Wimbledon “unites the nation” and that he was “delighted” with the deal.
In what is the longest partnership in sports broadcasting history, the tournament will continue to be played out across BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website, with live radio coverage on Radio 5 live.
The BBC first broadcast from Wimbledon in 1937
Wimbledon Day One – Order of play
Centre Court
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Maria Sharapova (RUS) [4] v Johanna Konta (GBR)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [4] v Joao Sousa (POR)
For Wimbledon 2015 BBC TV will have live coverage, totalling 153 hours across BBC One and BBC Two
In addition there will be 15 televised courts available online, via mobile services, on tablets or via connected TV platforms via Red Button+ and the BBC Sport App.
For non-connected TV viewers, the regular BBC Red Button service will offer additional coverage of the event. Like previous years this should offer a choice of around 6 live matches to watch.
Wimbledon Day 6 Saturday 28 June Match Schedule – coverage on BBC TV
Day 6 Saturday 28 June
Partial Schedule
Centre Court
1:00pm
Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
v
Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2]
Ladies’ Singles – Third round
Alison Riske (USA)
v
Maria Sharapova (RUS) [5]
Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
Santiago Giraldo (COL)
v
Roger Federer (SUI) [4]
No.1 Court
1:00pm
Ladies’ Singles – Third round
Serena Williams (USA) [1]
v
Alize Cornet (FRA) [25]
Ladies’ Singles – Third round
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [11]
v
Sabine Lisicki (GER) [19]
Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [5]
v
Denis Istomin (UZB)
TV Coverage in the UK will be provided by the BBC (.
BBC coverage will be as extensive as ever, with full coverage on BBC One, BBC One HD, BBCTwo and BBC Two HD. (
Further coverage will be available on BBC Red Button Streams (
using temporary Red Button services set up for a summer of Sports and Events (
Wimbledon starts on Monday 23rd June.
TV Coverage in the UK will be provided by the BBC (.
BBC coverage will be as extensive as ever, with full coverage on BBC One, BBC One HD, BBCTwo and BBC Two HD. (
Further coverage will be available on BBC Red Button Streams (
using temporary Red Button services set up for a summer of Sports and Events (
Day 1 Monday 23 June
Centre Court
From 1:00pm
Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Andy Murray (GBR) [3] v David Goffin (BEL)
Ladies’ Singles – First round
Paula Kania (POL) v Na Li (CHN) [2]
Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v Andrey Golubev (KAZ)
No.1 Court
From 1:00pm
Ladies’ Singles – First round
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [8] v Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [11] v Ryan Harrison (USA)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [14]
No.2 Court
From 11:30am
Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Victor Hanescu (ROU) v Tomas Berdych (CZE) [6]
Ladies’ Singles – First round
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) v Venus Williams (USA) [30]
Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) v Daniel Evans (GBR)
Ladies’ Singles – First round
Andreea Mitu (ROU) v Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [4]
Sky Deutschland to show Wimbledon live on 5 channels
German pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland will transmit the 128th Wimbledon Championships live and exclusive in HD quality.
Across five channels and a total of 350 hours, Sky Deutschland will cover the world’s largest tennis tournament which will take place in South-West London from June 23 to July 6, 2014.
As a special service, the subscription broadcaster will also offer the tournament’s own channel Live@Wimbledon which will screen several hours per day behind the scenes footage, interviews, highlights and live excerpts of the current happenings with the original English-language commentary.
In the Sky HD Fan Zone, all five tennis courts and the Wimbledon channel will be shown on a split-screen with viewers being able to select a live match of their choice by the touch of a button and follow it in full-screen mode.
source: broadbandtvnews.com/2014/06/20/sky-deutschland-to-show-wimbledon-live/