The multinational media and entertainment company, Warner Bros. Discovery has renewed its rights to the ATP men’s tennis tour in France.
Following the extension, the company will be delivering extensive coverage of the ATP tours for the next three years. The deal will be initiated in 2024 and will be run till 2026. The ATP tour events will continue to be telecast on Eurosport, the pan-European sports network.
The extension will include the nine-top-tier Masters 1000 events, as well as 13 second-tier ATP 500 and 33 third-tier ATP 250 tournaments.
In addition, domestic rights to the ATP Finals, which conclude the season, and the Master 1000 events in Paris and Monte-Carlo are included in the package.
The agreement states that a free-to-air (FTA) broadcaster will receive a sublicense for the rights to the Monte-Carlo and Paris Masters, which will be aired concurrently with Eurosport.
Trojan Paillot, WBD Europe’s Senior Vice President of Sports Rights Acquisitions and Syndications, said, “Eurosport has a proud tennis heritage and has showcased some of the biggest tournaments in the sport for many years. We are pleased to bring coverage of the ATP Tour’s events to the widest possible audience and to prolong our year-round storytelling from this incredible sport and its players competing.”
Mark Webster, ATP Chief Executive, said, “With the very many innovations and continued desire for excellence in tennis TV production that ATP Media stands for, having a partner like Eurosport that also holds such high standards and values is important for our sport and so we look forward to the next three years working together.”