Tennis Channel is an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network owned by the Sinclair Television Group subsidiary of the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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17 Facts About Tennis Channel
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Tennis Channel is available across the United States from most cable providers and on satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network.
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In 2001, Tennis Channel was founded by Steve Bellamy in the shed in his backyard, who soon hired Bruce Rider to head up programming and marketing.
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In 2005, Tennis Channel acquired the ATP Tour's Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic in Scottsdale from IMG, and moved it to Las Vegas as the Tennis Channel Open in 2006.
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Tennis Channel announced plans to hold women's and junior events alongside it.
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On February 1,2006, Tennis Channel became a charter member of the new Association of Independent Programming Networks.
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Tennis Channel's senior vice president of distribution Randy Brown was a co-founder of the group, alongside The American Channel's Doron Gorshein.
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Tennis Channel carriers receive a cut of profits from the service.
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In 2015, Tennis Channel acquired rights to the Citi Open, an ATP World Tour 500 and WTA International tournament in Washington, DC, under a four-year contract.
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Days later, Tennis Channel announced an extension to its contract for the French Open.
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In October 2018, it was announced that Tennis Channel had acquired rights to the 46 overseas events of the WTA Tour under a five-year deal beginning in 2019, replacing beIN Sports.
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In 2019, Tennis Channel reached a five-year extension of its rights to the Citi Open.
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In October 2020, Tennis Channel renewed its rights to the ATP Tour, and added rights to Masters 1000 events held in North America beginning in 2021.
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Tennis Channel provides extensive coverage of the Davis Cup, Fed Cup and Hopman Cup as well as other tournaments throughout the year.
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Tennis Channel is the exclusive cable rightsholder of the French Open; while it previously sub-licensed portions of this coverage to ESPN, this arrangement ended in 2015.
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In July 2012, the Federal Communications Commission ruled in favor of Tennis Channel following a three-year dispute between the network and Comcast over placement on extra-fee sports tier.
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Tennis Channel appealed to the Supreme Court, but was denied a hearing.
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