WEBWIRE – Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Today Sky Sports verifies a brand-new home for tennis in the UK & Ireland, with Sky Sports Tennis set to launch on Sky and NOW from 11 February 2024, making tennis material offered all day, every day for fans.
Sky Sports will broadcast more live tennis than anywhere else, taking over 4,000 matches from more than 80 competitions a year on the ATP & WTA Tours, as well as complete protection of the US Open, all specifically live.
The intro of the channel comes following the acquisition of the US Open, ATP and WTA Tour rights last year, and will include to the unique line-up of devoted sports channels used by Sky, significance more worth for clients.
Sky Sports Tennis will be readilyavailable to Sky Sports clients with Complete, Action and Arena bundles from 11 February, and audiences will be able to gainaccessto numerous live court streams at the exactsame time bymeansof the mobile app, the Sky TELEVISION app or red button and on NOW Bonus Streams, providing gainaccessto to more live matches.
The veryfirst week of shows will function live protection from the Hologic WTA Tour competition in Doha, where audiences can watch their preferred gamers such as Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka and Iga Swiatek. The action continues with the ATP Tour from Rotterdam, followed by an all-star line-up of Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev on court in Doha from the 19 February.
Sky Sports Managing Director, Jonathan Licht, stated: [i”Its an exciting moment for Sky Sports as we launch a new home for tennis fans, and Sky Sports Tennis will give millions of homes easy access to[/i] watch the finest gamers in the world all year round. Were proud to be the undeniable home of live sport for fans in the UK and Ireland, and this brand-new channel will include worth for our consumers, makingitpossiblefor them to takepleasurein even more of the sports they love.
Sky Sports Tennis protection of the mostsignificant occasions on the calendar will be skillfully evaluated by previous leading British gamers Tim Henman and Laura Robson, provided by Gigi Salmon with the popular voice of Jonathan Overend on commentary.As well as being a location for live protection, Sky Sports Tennis will be host to a variety of extra shows consistingof huge name interviews, behind-the-scenes gainaccessto, and professional insights on some of the mostsignificant matches and minutes of the year.
On Sky Sports the channel will be on 408 from the 11 February when the channel endsupbeing live, before moving solely to 407 on the 13 February where it will stay.
Viewers can likewise rapidly discover the channel by utilizing the Voice Control function on the Sky Glass, Stream, or Q remote, utilizing the search terms New balls please; It was on the line; Sky Tennis; Sky Sports Tennis or Tennis channel.
Non-Sky customers can stream live matches with a NOW Sports Day and Month Membership, bymeansof