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  • DafaNews Bengaluru Open partners with DD Sports & Tennis Channel for broadcast coverage

    DafaNews Bengaluru Open partners with DD Sports & Tennis Channel for broadcast coverage

    MUMBAI: The 2025 DafaNews Bengaluru Open has partnered with Doordarshan Sports to broadcast key matches to Indian audiences, while Tennis Channel will provide international coverage across eight countries.
    The tournament, running from 24 February to 2 March at the KSLTA Courts in Cubbon Park, offers $200,000 in prize money and 125 ATP ranking points for champions.

    DD Sports will broadcast live coverage of the tournament on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, featuring the semifinals and finals. Indian viewers can also stream the tournament via Tennis Channel on Samsung TV.

    “We are thrilled to expand the Bengaluru Open’s reach through a strong national broadcast network, making it accessible to fans across India and worldwide,” said KSLTA. secretary & tournament director Sunil Yajaman,.

    As one of the few ATP Challenger events with ATP-provided TV production, the tournament will also be available to stream on the ATP website and app. International coverage extends to multiple networks across 13 countries, including Dazn in Italy and New Zealand, Arena Sport in Slovakia and Czechia, and BB Sport in Russia.

    Tennis Channel will broadcast internationally to audiences in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands.

  • Tennis Channel will have exclusive, live coverage of India-Pakistan Davis Cup matchup this weekend

    Tennis Channel will have exclusive, live coverage of India-Pakistan Davis Cup matchup this weekend

    Mumbai: Tennis Channel will have exclusive, live coverage of the Davis Cup World Group I Playoff between India and Pakistan 3-4 Feb. in Islamabad.  Matches will begin at 11 a.m. local time each day and can be seen throughout India on Samsung TV+.

    Tennis Channel analyst Prakash Amritraj will provide commentary during the competition, working beside announcer Geoffery Chizever.

    Amritraj competed for India’s Davis Cup team from 2003-2006 and again in 2008.  He contributed to India’s 3-2 defeat of Pakistan in a World Group I semifinal in April 2006.  Before his professional career, Amritraj was a star college player who won an NCAA national championship and tournament MVP honours with the University of Southern California in 2002.

    The winner of this weekend’s contest will advance to play a Davis Cup World Group I tie in September.  The losing side will play a World Group II tie at that time.

    “I couldn’t be more excited to be part of the Davis Cup rivalry between India and Pakistan again on Tennis Channel,” said Amritraj.  “I know from experience as a player and as a fan that the competition will be fierce and something for everyone to enjoy watching.”

    Introduced in 1900 and one of the oldest trophies in sports, Davis Cup is an annually contested “World Cup of Men’s Tennis.”  Each year the best players in the world represent their countries in a battle to determine the sport’s best men’s tennis nation.

    The Davis Cup playoff comes on the heels of tremendous success for Indian tennis at the Australian Open.  The country’s Rohan Bopana, at age 43, won the tournament’s doubles title and became not only the oldest major doubles champion ever but also the oldest World No. 1-ranked doubles player in men’s tennis history.

  • Amagi facilitates the launch of Tennis Channel T2

    Amagi facilitates the launch of Tennis Channel T2

    MUMBAI: Amagi, which works in the area of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has enabled the launch of T2, a new channel from US broadcaster Tennis Channel, exclusively available on Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) platforms.

    Tennis Channel, the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle, launched T2 on Samsung TV Plus in the US in March.

    Tennis Channel is using Amagi Cloudport, a cloud-based channel playout platform that offers broadcast-grade quality with true cloud deployment. In addition, they are leveraging Amagi’s content scheduling services, Master Control Room (MCR) services, and Amagi LIVE, a UHD-ready, cloud-based live orchestration platform for orchestrating broadcast-grade live content on the go.

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    “The experience of launching our first FAST channel for tennis in the United States with Amagi has been enriching. The Live-to-VOD functionality from Amagi is extremely valuable to us as it allows effortless switching between live and recorded content. Further, Amagi LIVE supports industry-standard advanced graphics templates, native graphics, HTML, and singular.live. The user experience this delivers is wonderful for tennis fans and we’re excited to bring the sport to a whole new audience” said Tennis Channel International senior VP Andy Reif.

    “Having been closely associated with Tennis Channel for over two years now and have worked with them to launch channels in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and India, we are very happy to partner in the launch of Tennis Channel’s 24-hour FAST channel in the United States. Running a live channel can be challenging, especially for a sport such as Tennis where the overall length of the game is often unpredictable. The Amagi LIVE platform is ideal since it offers the flexibility to extend live playout, switch between input sources, and more” said Amagi’s co-founder Srinivasan KA.

  • IPTL to be telecast LIVE in over 150 territories

    IPTL to be telecast LIVE in over 150 territories

    MUMBAI: Come December, the second edition of the much-anticipated International Premier Tennis League presented (IPTL) will be broadcast in over 150 territories across the globe. the event that features the world’s leading tennis players, now promises to attract both increased spectators and viewers with a bevy of leading broadcasters airing the matches for audiences across the World.

     

    The league has partnered with some of the world’s biggest sports broadcasters. ESPN, Fox Asia, Sky Sports, TV5, WOWOW, Eurosport, Tennis Channel, Star Sports, Abu Dhabi Media Group among others will beam the IPTL into homes across the United States, United Kingdom, South-East Asia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean, giving the league a truly global broadcast footprint. All matches will be produced in HD quality with IPTL graphics and commentary by Jason Goodall and Robbie Koenig.

     

    “We are proud to strengthen our reach, taking it to global audiences through many of the world’s leading broadcasters. The success of Season 1 is a result of the format being accepted by the players translating into high-intensity competition. We will continue to offer an unmatched viewing experience to our global audiences who are now beginning to enjoy tennis in a manner never seen before,” said Mahesh Bhupathi on behalf of the league.

     

    This year’s edition will see five franchises –The Micromax Indian Aces, OUE Singapore Slammers, UAE Royals, Philippine Mavericks and Japan Warriors battle it out for the coveted IPTL trophy.

     

    The five franchises will feature Grand Slam champions, current and former world number one players, and other top tennis talent from across the world. The star-studded line-up boasts seven of the Top 10men’s and women’s players.

  • Champions Tennis League to be beamed to American viewers via Tennis channel

    Champions Tennis League to be beamed to American viewers via Tennis channel

    NEW DELHI: Champions Tennis League has entered into an exclusive broadcasting tie-up with one of America’s sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television networks, Tennis Channel. Tennis Channel will broadcast all Champions Tennis League matches from 17 to 26 November to 35 million Tennis Channel homes across the United States.

     
    With live tournaments, one-on-one interviews, game analysis and skills instruction, the channel is a 24 hour television-based multimedia destination dedicated to the professional sport and passionate lifestyle of tennis.

     
    Tennis Channel senior vice-president TIR David Egdes said, “We look forward to highlighting the exciting team competition from the six cities across India, as well as seeing the current and former stars on each team, and the young Indian players who will be possible future stars on the ATP tour. We are also excited to introduce our audience to some of the extraordinary personalities and rich history emanating from the various CTL cities”.

     

    Second Serve CEO Arjun Rao said, “This is the first time an Indian tennis event of this scale and size will be broadcast, with minimal delay, to the large tennis diaspora across the US. This is a huge step forward in our bid to become a globally watched League with some of the most competitive players in the world in our fold. We are thrilled to be working with Tennis Channel and we are sure we will benefit from their expertise and experience in the world of tennis.”