Tennis Channel is an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television digital network owned by Sinclair Television Group subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group. It is devoted to other events and programs related to tennis, along with other racket sports such as badminton and badminton. Launched on May 15, 2003, the channel is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and produces its program from an HD-capable broadcast center on the outskirts of Los Angeles's Culver City. Ken Solomon serves as chief executive officer of the network.
Tennis Channels are available throughout the United States from most cable providers and satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network.
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History
In 2001, Tennis Channel (TTC) was founded by Steve Bellamy, who immediately hired Bruce Rider to lead the program and marketing. A group known as the "Viacom Mafia" - a group that includes former CEO Viacom, Philippe Dauman and Frank Biondi, and current CEO, Thomas E. Dooley - were involved in the establishment of the channel. The group invests and collects additional investors, Bain Capital Ventures, J.P. Morgan Partners, Battery Ventures, Columbia Capital, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, who as a group invested about $ 100 million. These founders feel with other single sports channels such as a successful Golf Channel with demographics and tennis that most males have audiences of both sexes and from desirable top-class demographics that will be attracted by tennis channels in advertisers. The channel was launched in the Spring of 2003 with her first live performance in April Fed Cup tie at Lowell, Massachusetts.
The Tennis Channel won broadcast rights in 2002 for the Scottsdale ATP tournament, Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic. The channel bought the tournament from the Scottsdale Tournament in March 2005 and renamed the Tennis Channel Open. TTC moved open to Las Vegas for 2006 and showed that the men's event will evolve into "Tennispalooza" by adding male, female and junior tournaments plus other events. The first event added by Open is the "World Stringing Championships" for the fastest racquet striker.
In 2005, the channel management was swept by owners who brought in new management led by Ken Solomon. Because the channel did not broadcast any of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the time. The subscriber base was only 5 million in 2006. The channel also joined seven independent channel group of Independent Networking Program Associations which was launched on February 1, 2006 with Randy Brown, TTC senior vice president of distribution, as co-founder with The American Channel Doron Gorshein.
Tennis Channel then won the cable rights to the French Open in 2006 by doubling ESPN's offer, after negotiations between ESPN and the French Open organizer, the French Tennis Federation has been going on for nine months and the parties are only $ 250,000 apart over $ 18 million. Tennis Channel then sub-leases ESPN half of the French Open cable rights at a much lower cost than ESPN will pay all rights to the game. Tennis Channel also obtained broadcasting rights for US Open, with cable coverage of each event shared with ESPN2.
The TTC has added women and junior tournaments, college tennis, unique qualifying formats, rowing tennis, tennis platforms, air hockey, foosball and table tennis to the TTC Open in 2008. With the acquisition of broadcast rights for three Grand Slam tournaments growing media business major and changing tournament schedules are scheduled for 2009, The Tennis Channel sold their tournament to the Association of Tennis Professionals in April 2008. In 2009, the channel aired its first United States Open.
On September 4, 2011 during the US Open, Tennis Channel withdrew its signals from Verizon FiOS, Cablevision, Suddenlink Communications, Mediacom, WOW!, Knology and General Communication Inc. systems. after providers refuse to accept the new agreement made by the Tennis Channel with National Cable Television Cooperative (the group that the seven providers are members). As costs increase, the agreement also requires Tennis Channels to be moved from their optional sports package to their basic digital level. Tennis Channel returns to Verizon FiOS on January 17, 2012.
In July 2012, the Federal Communications Commission ruled in favor of the Tennis Channel after a three-year dispute between the network and Comcast over placements at extra-cost sports levels. As a result of the decision, Comcast was asked to remove Tennis Channel from the sports package level, available to customers through additional fees, and bring the network at the same basic cable level as Comcast-owned Golf Channel and NBC Sports Network. The FCC found Comcast's earlier handling of the network to be discriminatory. This marks the first time a cable distributor has been found to violate federal anti-discrimination rules. Comcast successfully denied the decision in 2013, continuing to bring the Tennis Channel to its sports package. Regardless of this issue, which does not involve the marketing department of Comcast, NBC or Tennis Channel that is not a party to the dispute, both and NBC continue to promote the French Open broadcast. The company appealed to the Supreme Court, but rejected the trial.
TTC launched the Tennis Channel Everywhere application in 2013 that enables DirecTV and Dish Network satellite services and some cable subscribers to stream content to their tablets and smartphones. Tennis Channel Plus, Over-the-top content programming service, is offered to the public on May 25, 2014. In order not to alienate their pay-TV providers, providers are rewarded on Channel Plus. However, the channel has only digital rights to the French Open and is not there for its final round.
In April 2013, Al Jazeera Media Network speculated as an interest in expressing channel purchases to complement BeIN Sports, though nothing came of it. This channel opens an online store that sells professional golf and lifestyle items and supplies. This shop is operated by Shipping Agent under the TV Shop brand.
On January 27, 2016, Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of an over-the-air television station in the United States, announced that it would acquire Tennis Channel for $ 350 million. In a statement announcing the purchase of Sinclair CEO David Smith said that Tennis Channel has high quality content and advertisers, though it is low value and less distributed. Sinclair also got over $ 200 million in net operating losses to offset future taxes. The deal closes on March 2, 2016. A few days later, Sinclair announced an agreement with the French Tennis Federation to extend their right to the French Open to cover all pay-TV run tournaments (NBC will retain the other 20%); ESPN has announced in August 2015 that they will no longer carry sub-license blocks of the Tennis Channel under the company's cost-cutting measures, citing that its coverage is hindered by not having a sole rights to the tournament as it does for other majors..
In March 2017, Sinclair also purchased Tennis magazine and Tennis.com, trying to integrate Tennis Channel with them to improve its cross-platform presence.
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Personality in the air
- Brett Haber
- Mary Carillo
- Martina Navratilova
- Justin Gimelstob
- James Blake
- Paul Annacone
- Steve Weissman
- Lindsay Davenport
- Jim Courier
- Jon Wertheim
- Tracy Austin
- Ted Robinson
- Bill Macatee
- Mark Knowles
- Chanda Rubin
Programming
The network is broadcasting live games, news, one-on-one interviews, game analysis and skill instruction. Tennis Channel provides a wide range of Davis Cup, Fed Cup, and Hopman Cup and other tournaments throughout the year. Tennis Channel is the exclusive rights holder of the French Open cable; while previously a sub-license section of this coverage to ESPN, this arrangement expires in 2015.
Original series
- ATP... Tennis (in 2004). Weekly series on the ATP tour.
- Checking Bag (in 2004). Look what's inside the pro player racket bag.
- Court Center with Chris Myers (in 2004). Interview with professionals and top coaches.
- Girls on Tour (in 2004). Behind the scenes with WTA Tour.
- In Tennis with Koz (in 2004). David Kozlowski held a tip and interview.
- Match Point America (in 2004). Weekly professional circuits highlight magazine events.
- Without Strings (in 2004). Personal life pro.
- One-Minute Clinic (2004). Top coaches run a live action tennis technique.
- Open Access 04 (in 2004). Take a tour that gives "first-hand accounts of top players outside the line."
- Pro File (in 2004). Make the top and upcoming player profiles on both tours.
- Tennis Persons (in 2004). Discussion of panels on location.
- in Court with USPTA (in 2004). Instructional event.
- Dennis Van der Meer (2004) The host is the founder and president of PTR. PTR is a tennis teacher and trainer who educates and certifies the company.
External links
- tennischannel
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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