[ozza]

Originally Posted by jameshazza

Just seen this actually. Sorry if AP.



Source:http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/116078...s-agency-hunt/

No fucking way.
I suppose we don't even know if it is indeed BT Vision but it seems very likely at this stage.
No Tennis until next summer is just unacceptable. I don't know how the tour could mess up this badly.

The best we can hope for is Sky having snapped these but aren't showing anything until post AO. Although Sky wouldn't pay for something and not show it, BT Vision would. They just snapped up all these sports deals hoping to build their profile.

I have a feeling tennistv will be very happy with subscription numbers for 2013.

It really is commercial suicide if they have sold to BT Vision and they have no plans to show anything until the summer. This is without even taking into account that BT Vision is not that accesible, and currently has next to no subscribers, you really have to wonder what WTA is thinking (short term $ most likely).

[Marilyn Monheaux]

This is a hot mess.

Getting all those celebs for their ads and having the girls do all that promo for the tour, yet the can't even get their TV deals sorted out.

[Pavstry.]

Originally Posted by Светльо

I sincerely hope he does not.

ugh, no. Even if he has a huge camera thingy swinging around, I like smarter ones.

[Adrian.]

Originally Posted by Wiggly

Stacey Allaster is ruining the WTA. She needs to step down. What will be the Tour be like in 2007?

They won't ever find a sponsor if they don't have TV presence.
Then they have the YEC in Tianjin and that loser tournament in Plovdiv.

What a joke.

All this

Tianjin and Plovdiv, my fucking god, what is this?

[Spice]

The Eurosport Schedule for the 1st January says Live Tennis Murray V Djokovic at the US Open. This must be Brisbane pencilled in but not deleted! interesting

[TheBoiledEgg]

i give up
its gonna have to be bet365 but streams are really not even 1% as good.

[MARTYM8]

Originally Posted by Spice

The Eurosport Schedule for the 1st January says Live Tennis Murray V Djokovic at the US Open. This must be Brisbane pencilled in but not deleted! interesting

I expect they are just reshowing the US final for the bank holiday crowd.

Clearly someone must be showing WTA Brisbane - ESPN seem to have the ATP event. Its only 2 weeks away - and still no news?!

If BT vision has got the WTA premier rights then its worth noting it has a deal with Eurosport to show the Slams on their platform - so its quite possible if BT don’t have their own dedicated channel yet they could allow Eurosport to broadcast the WTA rights for other events until the summer. Seems a fair trade - as its the slams that get the ratings!

Maybe I will just have to sign up to ESPN - which of course won't show any weekend tennis live if it clashes with the footie?!

[Jorn]

As ES has 6 hours Live from mens Doha I don't think they can fit in Brisbane WTA?

I can only see on 31/12 they don't show WTA.

[ozza]

Originally Posted by MARTYM8

I expect they are just reshowing the US final for the bank holiday crowd.

Clearly someone must be showing WTA Brisbane - ESPN seem to have the ATP event. Its only 2 weeks away - and still no news?!

If BT vision has got the WTA premier rights then its worth noting it has a deal with Eurosport to show the Slams on their platform - so its quite possible if BT don’t have their own dedicated channel yet they could allow Eurosport to broadcast the WTA rights for other events until the summer. Seems a fair trade - as its the slams that get the ratings!

Maybe I will just have to sign up to ESPN - which of course won't show any weekend tennis live if it clashes with the footie?!

I would start to fear that no-one is showing WTA Brisbane. I would think if anyone was we would know by now. As people have said, the TV schedules are out, and WTA Brisbane is listed nowhere.

And yer ESPN definitely won't show anything live that clashes with the football.

[ozza]

Originally Posted by Jorn

As ES has 6 hours Live from mens Doha I don't think they can fit in Brisbane WTA?

I can only see on 31/12 they don't show WTA.

Doha and Brisbane don't really clash. Eurosport, least in the UK have always shown both Brisbane and Doha. Brisbane runs early morning in Europe, and Doha is in the afternoon.

[Spice]

The British Eurosport schedule has 1st January Live Tennis 9 to 11 that is when they show Brisbane's evening match normally! Interesting there is space!

[leftyness]

UK Eurosport have got multiple showings of the 2012 AO, FO & USO men's finals in the weeks leading up to the AO. They've also got the "World Tennis Challenge" http://worldtennischallenge.com/ exo from Adelaide, the Hopman Cup, ATP Doha and coverage of the women's final from Sydney (not live though, not even close, more than 24 hours after, on Saturday January 12th @1:30pm).

I'm resigning myself to signing up to tennistv.com.

[Spice]

Bet365 are better than that!

[Break My Rapture]

OMFG seriously? What is this MCS bullshit for countries like Belgium, France etc? It doesn't even have a proper website. I can't even find if it's available as a subscription channel on tv.



We should be HURLING the insults towards the WTA for screwing us over this way. Fuck them, seriously. Everyone on twitter should start cyber-bullying the WTA Twitter acount.

[GoofyDuck]

Originally Posted by Break My Rapture

OMFG seriously? What is this MCS bullshit for countries like Belgium, France etc? It doesn't even have a proper website. I can't even find if it's available as a subscription channel on tv.



We should be HURLING the insults towards the WTA for screwing us over this way. Fuck them, seriously. Everyone on twitter should start cyber-bullying the WTA Twitter acount.

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