01-04-2022, 03:30 PM
RhysJR post_id=76140 time= user_id=1340 Wrote:I think this is true, though the date has made me slightly uncertain and I do hope it isn't true...That is a surprise - though I repeatedly forget that Amazon has the tennis outside the US Open to be honest. Did watch the semi-final of Indian Wells but that was pretty much the first thing I'd watched since the US Open finals. I guess though the US Open is timed well for picking up the non-football fan at the beginning of the football season who might then continue with their subscription having watched a couple of games alongside the tennis too.
The Times' Stuart Fraser is reporting that Sky have outbid Amazon Prime to the rights for the tennis' US Open from next year, after previously ditching the sport completely. First reaction, it will be sad if Prime have lost the rights as their broadcasts (aside from a few technical hiccups that have been less noticeable as the years have gone) has been excellent; secondly, quite the turnaround from Sky to start investing in rugby union and now tennis again after cutting all ties with those sports over the last five years or so.
https://twitter.com/stu_fraser/status/15...1166496768
Not so surprised at the rugby union returning - Sky closing their dedicated department at a time they had no continuous rights never really ruled them out of the SANZAR rights, plus there are enough independent producers around for any UK rights they pick up too. That said I think the unions now produce the feed themselves anyway.
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