Afrigather WEBWIRE – Tuesday, January 30, 2024
As we speak Sky Sports activities confirms a brand new dwelling for tennis within the UK & Eire, with Sky Sports activities Tennis set to launch on Sky and NOW from 11 February 2024, making tennis content material obtainable all day, daily for followers.
Sky Sports activities will broadcast extra reside tennis than wherever else, bringing over 4,000 matches from greater than 80 tournaments a yr on the ATP & WTA Excursions, in addition to full protection of the US Open, all solely reside.
The introduction of the channel comes following the acquisition of the US Open, ATP and WTA Tour rights final yr, and can add to the unrivalled line-up of devoted sports activities channels supplied by Sky, 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 of entry a number of reside courtroom streams on the similar time through the cellular app, the Sky TV app or purple button and on NOW Bonus Streams, giving entry to extra reside matches.
The primary week of programming will function reside protection from the Hologic WTA Tour match in Doha, the place viewers can watch their favorite gamers reminiscent of Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka and Iga Swiatek. The motion continues with the ATP Tour from Rotterdam, adopted by an all-star line-up of Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev on courtroom in Doha from the 19 February.
Sky Sports activities 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 one of the best gamers on the planet all yr spherical. Had been proud to be the undisputed dwelling of reside sport for followers within the UK and Eire, and this new channel will add worth for our prospects, enabling them to take pleasure in much more of the sports activities they love.
Sky Sports activities Tennis protection of the largest occasions on the calendar shall be expertly analysed by former high British gamers Tim Henman and Laura Robson, introduced by Gigi Salmon with the well-known voice of Jonathan Overend on commentary.In addition to being a vacation spot for reside protection, Sky Sports activities Tennis shall be host to a variety of further programming together with large title interviews, behind-the-scenes entry, and professional insights on a number of the largest matches and moments of the yr.
On Sky Sports activities the channel shall be on 408 from the 11 February when the channel turns into reside, earlier than shifting solely to 407 on the 13 February the place it’ll stay.
Viewers may also rapidly discover the channel by utilizing the Voice Management operate on the Sky Glass, Stream, or Q distant, 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 reside matches with a NOW Sports activities Day and Month Membership, through Sky Sports activities Tennis, Sky Sports activities Enviornment, and Sky Sports activities Combine channels. Choose catch-up content material shall be obtainable on demand.
The Sky Sports activities Tennis channel can even be obtainable on Virgin Media and EE TV, and the a number of reside courtroom streams shall be obtainable to Virgin Media prospects through the Sky Sports activities cellular app and purple button and on EE TV as NOW Bonus Streams.
For additional entry, information and outcomes, followers can even be capable of observe the game and their favorite gamers through Sky Sports activities Information, the Sky Sports activities app, on SkySports.com and through Sky Sports activities social channels.
Protection shall be sponsored by Lexus, the brand new Presenting Associate of Sky Sports activities Tennis.
The way to watch:
Sky Sports activities Tennis shall be listed beneath channel quantity 408 from the 11 Feb, shifting solely to 407 on the 13 February, the place it’ll stay.
On NOW, Day and Month members can entry reside motion matches through Sky Sports activities Tennis, Sky Sports activities Enviornment and Sky Sports activities Combine channels and NOWs Month-to-month members will get entry to extra of the motion through NOWs Bonus Streams, giving entry to further reside courtroom streams not obtainable within the linear sports activities channel. Bonus Streams at the moment are delivered on all NOW enabled units for the primary time in as much as HD high quality for Increase members
NOW Increase members can now take pleasure in on-demand sports activities content material ad-free*.
*Advert-free excludes reside channels and trailers selling NOW content material for passes already bought.
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