Loss of Eurosport

[ceb2]

I play a lot of Snooker and used to wath it on Eurosports alas not anymore, what a rip off this lot are.

[Daniel0210]

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@ceb2 wrote:

what a rip off this lot are.

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@ceb2 

Presumably you mean Warner Brothers Discovery who made the decision. 

[Andy_D]

The Australian Open is still on it hasn't stopped ! 

sky made a big deal of introducing their new Tennis channel then almost immediately lose two of the slams, I feel chested !

[MarkGoldsmith]

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@Andy_D wrote:

The Australian Open is still on it hasn't stopped ! 

sky made a big deal of introducing their new Tennis channel then almost immediately lose two of the slams, I feel chested !

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@Andy_D Warner Brothers Discovery have had the rights to show the Australian Open for a number of years now, not Sky.  It was WDB that decided to close Eurosport in the UK and move the sports over to their premium sports channels TNT Sports. The Sky tennis channel has the US Open and the tour events.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Andy_D wrote:

sky made a big deal of introducing their new Tennis channel then almost immediately lose two of the slams.

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Sky Tennis was promoted at launch in 2024 as having the ATP and WTA tours:  Grand Slams are separate independent tournaments and were never covered by those contracts.

https://www.skygroup.sky/article/sky-sports-to-launch-first-ever-dedicated-tennis-channel-in-the-uk-... 

Sky Sports had existing rights to the US Open in a five year deal dating from 2022.

The Australian and French governing bodies have longstanding arrangements with WBD / Eurosport (also WBD) going back years before Sky Tennis was a thing, and Wimbledon is of course unique as being free-to-air in the UK.