Sky Sports activities to launch first devoted tennis channel in UK and Eire on February 11; watch over four,000 matches from over 80 tournaments a 12 months solely stay on Sky Sports activities; Former England gamers Tim Henman and Laura Robson are a part of the brand new squad
Sky Sports activities has confirmed a brand new residence for tennis within the UK and Eire, with Sky Sports activities Tennis It’s set to launch on Sky and NOW from 11 February, making tennis content material out there all day, every single day for followers.
Sky Sports activities will broadcast extra stay tennis than anyplace else, bringing over four,000 matches FROM over 80 tournaments a 12 months on the ATP and WTA excursions, in addition to full protection of the US Open, all solely stay.
The introduction of the channel follows the acquisition of US Open, ATP and the WTA Tour rights final 12 months and can add to Sky’s unequalled vary of devoted sports activities channels, that means extra worth for purchasers.
Sky Sports activities Tennis will probably be out there to Sky Sports activities clients with Full, Motion and Area packages from February 11and viewers will have the ability to entry a number of stay streams from the court docket on the identical time by way of the Sky Sports activities cellular app, the Sky TV app or the purple button and on the NOW bonus streams, giving entry to extra stay matches.
The primary week of programming will characteristic the Hologic WTA Tour stay from Doha, the place viewers can watch their favourite gamers like Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka and Iga Swiatek.
The motion continues with the ATP Tour in Rotterdam, adopted by a star-studded lineup of Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev on the Doha court docket on February 19.
Sky Sports activities CEO Jonathan Licht stated: “That is an thrilling time for Sky Sports activities as we launch a brand new residence for tennis followers and Sky Sports activities Tennis will give tens of millions of properties quick access to look at the world’s greatest gamers all 12 months spherical.
“We’re proud to be the undisputed residence of stay sport for followers throughout the UK and Eire and this new channel will add worth to our clients, enabling them to get pleasure from much more of the sports activities they love.”
Sky Sports activities Tennis protection of the largest occasions on the calendar will probably be expertly analyzed by former prime British gamers Tim Henman and Laura Robsonintroduced by Salmon tooth with the well-known voice of Jonathan Overend to the remark.
Tim Henman, Laura Robson and Katie Boulter consider Sky Sports activities’ new five-year partnerships with the ATP and WTA to point out tennis all 12 months spherical will assist develop the game in Britain.
Along with being a vacation spot for stay protection, Sky Sports activities Tennis will host a spread of extra programming together with movie star interviews, behind-the-scenes entry and knowledgeable insights into among the greatest matches and moments of the 12 months.
How one can discover the brand new channel and watch stay from February 11
On the Sky platform, Sky Sports activities Tennis will launch on channel 408 from February 11, earlier than shifting solely to 407 on February 13 the place it should stay.
Viewers can even rapidly discover the channel utilizing the voice management characteristic on their Sky Glass, Stream or Q distant through the use of the search phrases “New balls please;” ‘It was on the road’, ‘Sky Tennis’, ‘Sky Sports activities Tennis’ or ‘Tennis Channel’.
Non-Sky subscribers can stream matches stay with a NOW Sports activities Day and Moon subscription by way of Sky Sports activities Tennis, Sky Sports activities Area and Sky Sports activities Combine.
Chosen restoration content material will probably be out there upon request.
The Sky Sports activities Tennis the channel may also be out there on Virgin Media and EE TV, and extra stay court docket streams will probably be out there to Virgin Media clients by way of the Sky Sports activities cellular app and the purple button and on EE TV as bonus NOW streams.
For extra entry, information and outcomes, followers will have the ability to observe their favourite sport and gamers by way of Sky Sports activities Information, the Sky Sports activities app, on skysports.com and by way of Sky Sports activities social channels.
Protection will probably be sponsored by Lexus, the brand new ‘Presenting Associate’ of Sky Sports activities Tennis.
Watch the WTA and ATP excursions all through 2024 on Sky Sports activities. Stream tennis and extra with a NOW Sports activities Month subscription