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By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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NEW YORK—ESPN will stay the printed house of the US Open by way of 2037.
The USTA and ESPN right now introduced a 12-year extension—and digital growth—of their US Open partnership.
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The pact, which begins in 2026 and is ESPN’s longest-term tennis settlement, additionally continues to make ESPN the house of all the US Open in Latin America and the Caribbean and in Canada on TSN and RDS.
Monetary phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.
ESPN initially took over as US Open host broadcaster back in 2015 ending CBS’ 47-year run as host broadcaster.
At the moment, it was reported ESPN would pay between $70 and $75 million yearly for US Open and US Open Collection rights in an 11-year pact that would pay the USTA a total of $825 million.
Beneath phrases of the brand new settlement, ESPN touts it’s going to produce “greater than 260 hours of annual protection” within the U.S. with the USTA taking up “host broadcasting duties from ESPN starting in 2026.”
“After many exceptional years of partnership, we’re thrilled to increase our partnership with ESPN and the Walt Disney Firm, a collaboration that has pushed extraordinary progress for the US Open,” stated Lew Sherr, USTA CEO and Govt Director. “This yr’s US Open is nicely on its method to being essentially the most spectacular Championship in our historical past and along with ESPN, we’re energized by an excellent brighter future.
“Our shared dedication to increasing the attain of tennis has contributed to important improve in participation. Collectively, we’ll proceed to leverage the US Open as a strong platform to advertise our mission to encourage more healthy folks and communities.”
The USTA stated the brand new pact has a provision for ESPN for restricted sublicense rights, which might imply some expanded protection on Tennis Channel.
In press launch saying the contract extension, the USTA and ESPN issued these particulars of the deal and up to date viewership milestones.
ESPN-USTA US Open Deal Highlights
Expanded streaming rights, giving ESPN flexibility to roll out extra methods for followers within the U.S. to eat US Open content material
Expanded Fan Week protection, together with every day stay protection on ESPN2 and distribution of the prime-time exhibition occasions that debuted this yr on ESPN platforms
Introduction of fast-paced, shot-to-shot whip-around protection set to debut on ESPN+ the primary week of the 2026 US Open principal draw
Annual protection of the ultimate Sunday and Center Sunday on ABC
Availability of all play throughout all courts every day Day by day Spanish-language protection within the U.S. on ESPN Deportes
Provision to ESPN for restricted sublicense rights
Latest US Open Viewership Highlights
The 2023 US Open Ladies’s Championship between winner Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka is the most-viewed ladies’s last of any tennis main ever on ESPN is the most-streamed ladies’s match on ESPN+
The 2023 males’s and girls’s semifinals on ESPN is the most-viewed because the present deal began in 2015.
In 2022, Serena Williams’ final US Open look stays the most-watched tennis telecast on file in ESPN’s 44-year historical past with 4.8 million viewers. Viewership peaked with 6.9 million viewers.
The 2015 US Open Males’s Championship between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer averaged 3.2 million viewers and stands because the most-viewed for the occasion ever on ESPN on file.
