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paulisi


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According to press reports - the coverage of men's tennis, for which Sky had the UK rights, has been won by Amazon Prime....

BT Sport still have the women's rights and Eurosport some coverage and of course Wimbledon is on the BBC

What a odd range of channels...

I assume Amazon Prime is an internet/smart TV subscription channel.



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Bob in Spain


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Guess I am going to have to move up to the digital age. I have no idea how to get Amazon Prime.

Worth mentioning, I think this will not start until 2019. Sky's contract doesn't run out until the end of next year.

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This is an odd one, I think Sky also buy the rights to the US Open from Eurosport. I'm not sure why Sky would drop this for the sake of the relatively small price compared to football rights, when the main UK audience must be more interested than usual with Murray and Konta high up in the rankings.

So:

Aussie Open - Eurosport
French Open - Eurosport
Wimbledon - BBC
US Open - ? Sky might release this back to Eurosport

Masters/500/250 - Amazon Prime

I currently pay for Sky, which includes Eurosport, but also Amazon Prime so I think I am covered, but I might drop Sky Sports if I can still get Eurosport.


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Amazon Prime is predominantly used for getting free express delivery on Amazon products, it costs around £10/month, but it also gives you access to a fairly good online tv/movie service and a music service - I think it's quite good value.

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US Open is Eurosport Sky lost rights last year

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does itv4 still have the rights to show french open?

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Itv do yes

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The ITF gets a mention in the following report of the BBC's plans to broadcast an additional 1,000 hours of sport p.a...

www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/nov/03/tony-hall-bbc-biggest-expansion-sport-century

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Extra 900 hrs of Snooker and Darts coming up.



-- Edited by skibbarriz on Friday 3rd of November 2017 03:59:41 PM

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Very exciting they should have done it earlier, obviously they now have plenty of experience of making cheap but high quality products using this platform; BBC 3 has allowed evolution of stuff that otherwise would never have seen the light of day. If the LTA engage in the right way it gives them a real vehicle to increase awareness of and build an interest in all levels of competitive Tennis.

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paulisi


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It looks like wheelchair tennis.
Some of the other sports are so low profile.

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