[Jorn]

But who will show WTA Brisbane?

[Adrian1092]

Originally Posted by Judio

Tennis on ESPN in UK

27 Dec - 8:00pm MUBADALA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
28 Dec - 7:00pm MUBADALA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
29 Dec - 9:30pm MUBADALA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
31 Dec - 11:15am MUBADALA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
4 Jan - 8:45am TENNIS: WTA: SHENZHEN OPEN
4 Jan - 10:45am TENNIS: WTA: SHENZHEN OPEN
4 Jan - 2:00pm TENNIS: ATP 250 SERIES: BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL
4 Jan - 4:00pm TENNIS: ATP 250 SERIES: BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL
5 Jan - 3:00pm TENNIS - ATP 250 SERIES
5 Jan - 5:00pm TENNIS - ATP 250 SERIES

Is ESPN UK on sky do you know? (If so what channel?) Thanks!

[PetraReeMona]

Originally Posted by Adrian1092

Is ESPN UK on sky do you know? (If so what channel?) Thanks!

ESPN HD - Channel 417
ESPN - Channel 433

[leftyness]

Originally Posted by DanBrusca

I just emailed Daniel Franck, Joint COO of IEC In Sport to ask what the situation is with UK broadcast rights. Wasn't really expecting a reply, but got one straight away!

Got pretty much the same reply.

Dear Sirs,

I am emailing you to find out if you have any firm news regarding a broadcast partner for WTA Premier events for Ireland and Great Britain for 2013 and beyond. With the 2013 season less than four weeks away, some positive developments would be most welcome. I am aware that tennistv.com will be providing online coverage, but I would like to have the option of television viewing as well.

Best wishes

............

Dear Kieran,

Yes, there is a broadcaster confirmed for next year but which one will be released when the channel decides to do a press release.

Best regards

Daniel

[fnc]

Originally Posted by Judio

Someone said earlier in this thread that Eurosport have trailed it in 2013

It did appear in some TV shedules that British ES would show it. But it has since then been removed from the schedule.

[Spice]

How much does ESPN cost in the UK, as it is an extra? I can't find any listings on the ESPN website saying they are covering the China Event, is this because Laura is playing there?

[Kooyong]

Originally Posted by Spice

How much does ESPN cost in the UK, as it is an extra? I can't find any listings on the ESPN website saying they are covering the China Event, is this because Laura is playing there?

I believe the BSkyB site shows the ESPN schedule but only for a few weeks ahead.

[JamieOwen3]

I'm still annoyed over this! JUST

[MARTYM8]

Originally Posted by Spice

How much does ESPN cost in the UK, as it is an extra? I can't find any listings on the ESPN website saying they are covering the China Event, is this because Laura is playing there?

You can find the prices at this link - it varies depending on your platform (Sky, Virgin media, BT vision or freeview top up tv).

http://tv.espn.co.uk/gb/espl/get-espn?panelNum=4

If you have Sky then ESPN costs £13 extra a month or only £10 if you are a Sky sports subscriber.

Virgin media and BT vision are cheaper.

If you like quantity - and like watching the smaller events - then it may be worth the investment. Just a shame tennis coverage for the uk will now be on multiple platforms - it was so much easier with just Sky and ES covering everything!

[crazillo]

When does the WTA realise this is a big mistake? We are into December and still NO news!

[Jimmie48]

Credit where credit is due, the number of matches on TennisTV seems to be increasing.

Just got this message on Twitter following a conversation in which we complained about only six matches being shown from Dubai:

@JJlovesTennis @TennisGrrrls We'll show 19 matches from the WTA tournament in Dubai next year - http://www.tennistv.com/tournaments/?WT.mc_id=twitter …

[Exordes]

Originally Posted by JamieOwen3

I'm still annoyed over this! JUST

Me too. It was so easy to follow the WTA Tour around the year when Eurosport had those rights and watch the matches on HD live. In Finland I only needed to pay 30 euros per year for a cable-tv company to see Eurosport, EurosportHD and 9 other extra channels in the same package. http://www.elisa.fi/yksityisille/kaa..._kanavakortti/

It would be frustrating if I had to use mainly livescorehunter´s live streams to see those matches in the future.

I wonder which part of the world snooker is more popular than tennis? Or why is it shown so much on Eurosport?

[Jorn]

It not a big surprise now, ES won't show WTA Premier's in Denmark. and the same for all nordic countries...

[Jimmie48]

Originally Posted by Exordes

Or why is it shown so much on Eurosport?

Having no clue about Snooker but I take a guess...because it's cheap programming. Eurosport needs to fill a lot of air time, that's why losing the WTA hurt them so much. The got tons of live weekday programming from a sport that has a reasonable following for just $10 million dollars a year. That's why they`re even planning to air ITF tournaments now, they have big programming void to fill..

[adam_ads_n]

Sorry if it was already said, but few days ago I read in Polish media that this whole mess is kinda WTA fault, because they requested showing tennis for few hours a day at least. No idea if it's true, however if it is - this is really a tough situation for stations like Eurosport.

They also asked in some other Polish media - some answered that they would only like to show Radwańska's matches, others - that they are not interested. Some other ones: that they have no space to dedicate few hours a day for tennis.

Basically - one big mess

About snooker - not like I am negative for it, but lately I have a feeling that they might change their name to Eurosnooker... except winter season, almost every moment I turn ES on - snooker is there.