The Tennis Channel

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The Tennis Channel is a digital cable television channel with programming devoted to the game of tennis. Founded in 2003, the network is owned by a group of investors including sports marking firm IMG. The network's CEO is Ken Solomon. It broadcasts 24 hours a day.

The channel features live tournaments, news, one-on-one interviews, game analysis and skills instruction. It also features programming from other racquet sports such as squash, badminton, racquetball, table tennis and paddle tennis.

The Tennis Channel has extensive coverage of the Davis Cup, Fed Cup and Hopman Cup as well as other tournaments throughout the year.

Well known tennis professionals Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi are two of the many investors in this channel.

The Tennis Channel operates an ATP tournament in Las Vegas. In 2006, James Blake beat Lleyton Hewitt in the finals.

As of March 1, 2006, The Tennis Channel is available nationwide on Dish Network. It is still not available on DirecTV.

Starting in 2007, The Tennis Channel will have the broadcast rights to the French Open.

1 French Open from 2007
2 Original Series
3 See Also
4 External link

[edit] French Open from 2007

The Tennis Channel scored a serious coup in August 2006, when it was announced they had procured the cable television rights, for the French Open beginning in 2007. These rights were previously held by ESPN2 and prior to that, USA Network. Tennis fans and likely The Tennis Channel itself will be hoping that such a prestigious event will encourage more cable operators and satellite providers to offer the small, yet growing, speciality channel.