The Tennis Channel

Tennis Channel has promoted Bob Whyley to senior vice president of production and executive producer, effective immediately. A 15-year televised-sports veteran and member of the network-management team since 2003, Whyley was previously vice president, production. In his new capacity, Whyley will oversee all aspects of Tennis Channel’s live, first-run and tournament-coverage programming, and report to [...]

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Tennis Channel and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) have agreed to a multi-year extension of the French Open rights package that has been in place since 2007, keeping the network as the primary non-broadcast home of the world’s preeminent clay-court championship for years to come. Today Gilbert Ysern, general manager, FFT, and tournament director, French [...]

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Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of Davis Cup semifinals this weekend, with live telecasts of each match and same-day, “Instant Encore” replays. The network will cover Spain and France’s competition in Cordoba, Spain, each day beginning at 6 a.m. ET, followed by Serbia and Argentina’s matches in Belgrade, Serbia at 8 p.m. ET. The [...]

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Tennis Channel has announced that tennis icon John McEnroe will lend his unique analysis and commentary to the network’s US Open prime-time broadcast Labor Day weekend, September 3-4. As with previous Tennis Channel telecasts, McEnroe will be teamed with broadcasting legend Ted Robinson. The two have appeared in the network’s booth at the French Open [...]

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Tennis Channel has announced that it is adding two tennis legends – Mats Wilander and Jim Courier. Mats Wilander and Jim Courier are more than familiar with the US Open – in the booth for the opening week of the Grand Slam. After debuting on August 29, former US Open Champion Mats Wilander will once [...]

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Tennis Channel has named Peter Steckelman as senior vice president of business and legal affairs, effective immediately. Steckelman comes to the network with more than 15 years of experience in major corporate business affairs practice. Steckelman reports to Bill Simon, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, Tennis Channel. Working in the network’s Los Angeles [...]

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Tennis Channel has announced the broadcast schedule of 2011 US Open. Tennis channel’s third year of the coverage begins on Monday, August 29. Tennis Channel will add Mary Carillo to its on-air lineup, marking the Queens, N.Y., native’s first stint in the network’s broadcast booth at the Flushing Meadow-based largest event in tennis. Carillo, who [...]

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Tennis Channel has signed a new affiliation agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), a not-for-profit corporation that operates as a programming and hardware purchasing corporation for nearly 1,000 member companies. The multi-year deal mandates broad distribution for Tennis Channel by NCTC members who elect to carry the network under the NCTC partnership. The [...]

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Tennis Channel will explore five alternative tennis histories in the upcoming edition of countdown series Best of 5. Among the scenarios the fourth season’s latest episode, What Ifs, will consider: What If young No. 1 Monica Seles had never been attacked by a deranged fan at the height of her dominance?  The show will premiere [...]

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Tennis Channel has announced that it will present more than 100 high-definition hours of live or same-day match play during the 2011 Olympus US Open Series this summer. Tennis Channel will cover singles semifinal, quarterfinal and early round matches during the annual North American hard-court circuit this year, in addition to prime-time Sunday doubles finals.  [...]

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