No Roland Garros 2026 why

[Tenet2024]

Ireland - I have the Sports Extra package which gives me TNT. But they only show  1 or 2 Roland Garros matches at a time, the rest of the time it's just a panel discussing the matches. The rest of the matches are on HBO Max, but HBO Max in Ireland does not have sports. It's a messy arrangement.

[nolte]

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@Jeff808 wrote:

. Sky does the same with UEFA..suddenly you see that, for eg, Canal + has the rights to top matches...i.e they Cherry pick events off Sky .. That's why we pay top subscription fees to Sky for them to use their market position to leverage stuff!!

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Canal+ and Sky operate in separate markets. Rights Canal+ get has nothing to do with Sky.  (Plus googling suggest canal+ has no rights to French open)

The French Open has sold the pan european rights (with exception to france) for their competition to WBD . Same with the US,.

Harder for sky as they only operate in a couple of market 

[TimmyBGood]

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@Jeff808 wrote:

.the job of sky is to use its market position to Get the rights to major events.

In this context, 'market position' means customer numbers, and Sky Group now operates in the UK, RoI and Italy only.

 That's why we pay top subscription fees to Sky for them to use their market position to leverage stuff!!

So by how much would you like those 'top subscription fees' to increase so that Sky can outbid a global platform on the scale of TNT?

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[Timelord2018]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

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@Jeff808 wrote:

.the job of sky is to use its market position to Get the rights to major events.

In this context, 'market position' means customer numbers, and Sky Group now operates in the UK, RoI and Italy only.

 That's why we pay top subscription fees to Sky for them to use their market position to leverage stuff!!

So by how much would you like those 'top subscription fees' to increase so that Sky can outbid a global platform on the scale of TNT?

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Will be interesting if they remove Germany and Austria option on Sky Group press website as it only officially it becomes part of RTL on Monday, as it can still accessed from the UK.

For example 

https://www.skygroup.sky/de-de/article/-boston-blue-startet-am-6-mai-auf-sky-und-wow

[Timelord2018]

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@Angel_Aka wrote:

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@Pat2835 wrote:

It completely misleading when I subscribe to Sky Sports I don't expect another subscription..Pure greed by Sky I won't use their platform after my subscription expires..

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I'm afraid these days it's up to the customer to research which services they want before signing up. 

Sky is no longer the 'one stop shop' to get everything. Streamers are keeping hold of their own content, therefore requiring the customer to sign up to more services than ever. Sky are actually doing well by having bundle deals already with Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+ and HBO Max.

Sport, on the other hand is a different kettle of fish and a huge money-spinner... from a business point of view you can see why TNT Sport wants to keep its own events from Sky...

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HBO Max adds very little value to Sky imo there isnt much new and exclusive content unless you are into Documentaries or "Max Originals" 

Some of will see it as regression  old content with excessive unskippable ads unless you pay more.

Less said about Paramount+ the better which is only included with ads in a overpriced Sky Cinema subscription anyway 

[nolte]

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@Tenet2024 wrote:

Ireland - I have the Sports Extra package which gives me TNT. But they only show  1 or 2 Roland Garros matches at a time, the rest of the time it's just a panel discussing the matches. The rest of the matches are on HBO Max, but HBO Max in Ireland does not have sports. It's a messy arrangement.

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I do agree.

For whatever commercial  reason, WBD have decided to continue to not have streaming option for their sport content in Ireland.

And there only seems one match available on red button, which is also the match on tnt sports (kostyuk v swiatek)

Possibly it is due to the agreement to package their linear channels with Premier Sports.

It can get frustrating especially they are advertising how you can watch the end of the Cirstea Wang match, but it is not available here

Unfortunately this is a complaint to put to WBD and TNT Sports, as it is outside Sky's control for what WBD/TNT Sports decide to do with the rights they have.

[Pat140]

What time does daytime Eurosport via sky subscription end 

presume then to continue watching tennis one has to pay a special subscription to tnt 

[nolte]

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@Pat140 wrote:

What time does daytime Eurosport via sky subscription end 

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28th February 2025

[oj01]

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@Pat140 wrote:

What time does daytime Eurosport via sky subscription end 

presume then to continue watching tennis one has to pay a special subscription to tnt 

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Eurosport closed down over a year ago. The French Open tennis is exclusively on TNT Sports/HBO Max.