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Sky Sports activities to launch first devoted tennis channel in UK and Eire
Sky Sports activities will start protection of Rotterdam in February
January 30, 2024
Sky Sports activities confirms a brand new residence for tennis within the UK and Eire, with Sky Sports activities Tennis to launch on Sky and NOW from 11 February 2024.
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Sky Sports activities confirms a brand new residence for tennis within the UK and Eire on Tuesday, and Sky Sports activities Tennis will launch on Sky and NOW from 11 February 2024, making tennis content material obtainable all day, each day for followers.
Sky Sports activities will broadcast extra stay tennis than anyplace else, bringing greater than 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 the US Open, ATP and WTA Tour rights final 12 months and can add to Sky’s unmatched vary of devoted sports activities channels, which means extra worth for purchasers.
Sky Sports activities Tennis shall be obtainable to Sky Sports activities prospects with Full, Motion and Enviornment packages from 11 February, and viewers will be capable to entry a number of stay court docket streams on the identical time by way of the cellular app, Sky TV app or the purple button and on NOW Streams bonus, giving entry to extra stay matches.
Motion begins on the ATP Tour in Rotterdam, adopted by a star-studded line-up of Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev on the Doha court docket from 19 February.
Sky Sports activities Managing Director 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 thousands and thousands of houses quick access to look at the world’s greatest gamers all year long. We’re proud to be the undisputed residence of stay sport for followers within the UK and Eire and this new channel will add worth for our prospects, 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 shall be expertly analyzed by former British high gamers Tim Henman and Laura Robson, introduced by Gigi Salmon with Jonathan Overend on commentary.
In addition to being a vacation spot for stay protection, Sky Sports activities Tennis will host a variety of further programming together with interviews with massive names, behind-the-scenes entry and skilled insights into a few of the greatest matches and moments of the 12 months.
On Sky Sports activities, the channel shall be on 408 from February 11, when the channel goes stay, earlier than shifting solely to 407 on February 13, the place it should stay. Viewers can even shortly discover the channel utilizing the voice management function on their Sky Glass, Stream or Q distant by utilizing 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 Enviornment and Sky Sports activities Combine. Chosen restoration content material shall be obtainable upon request.
The Sky Sports activities Tennis channel may also be obtainable on Virgin Media and EE TV, and extra stay court docket streams shall be obtainable to Virgin Media prospects by way of the Sky Sports activities cellular app and the purple button and on EE TV as bonus NOW streams.
For added entry, information and outcomes, followers will be capable to comply with 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 shall be sponsored by Lexus, the brand new ‘Presenting Companion’ of Sky Sports activities Tennis.