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 release on Sky and NOW from 11 February 2024, making tennis material readily available all the time, every day for fans.
Sky Sports will transmit more live tennis than anywhere else, bringing over 4,000 matches from more than 80 competitions a year on the ATP & & WTA Tours, along with complete protection of the United States Open, all specifically live.
The intro of the channel comes following the acquisition of the United States Open, ATP and WTA Tour rights in 2015, and will contribute to the incomparable line-up of devoted sports channels used by Sky, suggesting more worth for consumers.
Sky Sports Tennis will be offered to Sky Sports consumers with Complete, Action and Arena bundles from 11 February, and audiences will have the ability to gain access to several live court streams at the exact same time through the mobile app, the Sky television app or red button and on NOW Bonus Streams, admitting to more live matches.
The very first week of shows will include live protection from the Hologic WTA Tour competition in Doha, where audiences can see 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] see the very best gamers on the planet throughout the year. Were happy 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, allowing them to delight in much more of the sports they enjoy.
Sky Sports Tennis protection of the most significant 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 series of extra shows consisting of huge name interviews, behind-the-scenes gain access to, and professional insights on a few of the most significant matches and minutes of the year.
On Sky Sports the channel will be on 408 from the 11 February when the channel ends up being live, before moving specifically to 407 on the 13 February where it will stay.
Audiences 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, through Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports Arena, and Sky Sports Mix channels. Select catch-up material will be readily available as needed.
The Sky Sports Tennis channel will likewise be offered on Virgin Media and EE TELEVISION, and the numerous live court streams will be readily available to Virgin Media consumers through the Sky Sports mobile app and red button and on EE Television as NOW Bonus Streams.
For additional gain access to, news and results, fans will likewise have the ability to follow the sport and their preferred gamers through Sky Sports News, the Sky Sports app, on SkySports.com and by means of Sky Sports social channels.
Protection will be sponsored by Lexus, the brand-new Presenting Partner of Sky Sports Tennis.
How to view:
Sky Sports Tennis will be noted under channel number 408 from the 11 Feb, moving specifically to 407 on the 13 February, where it will stay.
On NOW, Day and Month members can access live action matches by means of Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Mix channels and NOWs Monthly members will get access to more of the action through NOWs Bonus Streams, admitting to extra live court streams not offered in the direct sports channel. Bonus offer Streams are now provided on all NOW allowed gadgets for the very first time in approximately HD quality for Boost members
NOW Boost members can now take pleasure in on-demand sports material ad-free *.
* Ad-free omits live channels and trailers promoting NOW content for passes currently acquired.
Increase includes readily available on picked material and gadgets just. See nowtv.com for more information.
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