August 21, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel is adding Hall of Famer Jim Courier to its on-air roster for its fourth U.S. Open, Aug. 27 through Sept. 9. As lead men's tennis analyst, the current U.S. Davis Cup captain and four-time major singles champion will provide his unique point of view during much of the network's 70-plus match hours.
June 22, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel has extended its longtime relationship with veteran sportscaster Bill Macatee, a multiyear deal that keeps Macatee front and center with the network during its coverage of the sport's four major tournaments—Wimbledon, U.S. Open, French Open and Australian Open ...
May 21, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel will offer close to 60 hours of live matches and more than 140 match hours overall during its sixth year of French Open coverage, beginning Sunday, May 27 and running through Sunday, June 10.
January 11, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel is adding another Hall of Famer to its Australian Open booth this year, bringing two-time U.S. Open winner Tracy Austin to Melbourne for its coverage of the season's first major, Grand Slam competition.
October 4, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) have agreed to a multi-year extension of the French Open rights package that has been in place since 2007, keeping the network as the primary non-broadcast home of the world's preeminent clay-court championship for years to come.
September 7, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Jennifer Capriati, one of America's most dominant tennis players in the 1990s and early 2000s; Russia's first world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Brazilian tennis superstar Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten have been nominated to receive the highest honor available in the sport of tennis, induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
August 31, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel has announced that it is adding two tennis legends Mats Wilander and Jim Courier to the booth for the opening week of the 2011 U.S. Open.
August 23, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In its third year of U.S. Open coverage, Tennis Channel will add Mary Carillo to its on-air lineup, marking the Queens, N.Y., native's first stint in the network's broadcast booth at the Flushing Meadow-based largest event in tennis.
June 14, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel will introduce analyst Lindsay Davenport as the newest member of its on-air team during the network's upcoming Wimbledon coverage, June 20-29, 2011.
June 1, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel and ESPN have extended the French Open and Australian Open multimedia programming alliance they began in Roland Garros in 2007. Both networks will continue to offer matches virtually round the clock from both events, two of the sport's four major "Grand Slam" tournaments ...
May 17, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel will bring the world's most prestigious clay-court tournament to American televisions in 3-D for the first time during its coverage of the 2011 French Open.
May 12, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel is adding Mary Carillo, whose path has taken her from winning the French Open to winning a Sports Emmy Award, as the newest member of its star-laden French Open and U.S. Open telecast teams.
April 28, 2011
By Emilie Katz
During Tennis Channel's airing of number one-ranked women’s singles player Caroline Wozniacki's third-round victory at the Australian Open, there was a very interesting call-in. During the prime-time match, announcer Bill Macatee fielded a viewer text question from a "Chris in Florida,"
January 11, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel has extended its on-air relationships with two stars who both got the most out of their time on the court: Hall of Famer Martina Navratilova and multi-Slam champion and Olympic gold medalist Lindsay Davenport.
June 15, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel, the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle, has signed tennis Hall of Famer Jimmy Connors to serve as a nightly analyst during the network’s upcoming Wimbledon coverage, June 21-30, 2010.
May 18, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel is set to carry 77 hours of live French Open coverage during its fourth year in Paris, not including same-day repeats of the men’s and women’s singles semifinals. As a general rule, seven hours of live match play will air each day, from 5:00 a.m. to noon ET, with coverage continuing through the men’s and women’s quarterfinals
May 11, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel has extended its French Open relationship with tennis icon John McEnroe. The man with one of the best-known faces in televised tennis today will continue his lead analyst’s role during the network’s annual coverage of the event (also known as Roland Garros) through 2013.
