HOT TENNIS NEWS’ “TV” TELEVISION SCHEDULE FOR FED CUP BY BNP PARIBAS SEE SHARAPOVA, SERENA, VENUS, KRAJICEK & MORE

Written by: Staff on 6th February 2015

HOT TENNIS NEWS' "TV" TELEVISION SCHEDULE FOR FED CUP BY BNP PARIBAS SEE SHARAPOVA, SERENA, VENUS, KRAJICEK & MORE

epa04603439 Russian player Maria Sharapova during a press conference in Krakow, Poland, 04 February 2015, before the Fed Cup World Group tennis match against Poland on 07-08 February in Krakow. EPA/Jacek Bednarczyk POLAND OUT |

The ITF has announced six new international broadcaster agreements in advance of this weekend’s Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties on 7-8 February. The competition will be broadcast in all 16 nations contesting this weekend’s ties, with an additional 18 broadcasters covering the feature tie between Poland and Russia in Krakow.

Seven (Australia), Romtelecom (Romania), Polsat (Poland), beIN SPORTS (Thailand) and beIN SPORTS (Indonesia) have all signed two-year deals with the ITF, while TV24 (Switzerland) has signed an agreement for 2015.

The new agreements follow the announcement of the new strategic media rights partnership between the ITF and beIN SPORTS for Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas. beIN SPORTS will broadcast this weekend’s Fed Cup feature tie on its own channels in Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.

Poland?s Agnieszka Radwanska (L) and Russia?s Maria Sharapova (R) during the drawing cremony for the Fed Cup World Group tennis match Poland vs Russia in Krakow, Poland, 06 February 2015. The match takes place on 07-08 February in Krakow. EPA/JACEK BEDNARCZYK POLAND OUT

The partnership between ITF and beIN SPORTS is designed to increase the global exposure and quality of Davis Cup and Fed Cup coverage across both linear and digital channels to the benefit of the millions of tennis fans around the world who follow the competitions. In 2014, there were around 2,400 hours of dedicated Fed Cup TV coverage by over 40 broadcasters in over 100 territories worldwide reaching a global audience of over 28 million viewers.

The official home and away broadcasters of this weekend’s Fed Cup ties are as follows:

World Group first round

Canada v Czech Republic: Rogers Sportsnet (home); Czech TV (away)

Italy v France: RAI / Supertennis (home); France TV / Sport+ (away)

Poland v Russia: Polsat (home); NTV+ (away)

Germany v Australia: Prosieben sat1 (home); Seven (away)

Romania’s Simona Halep (L) shake hands with her Spanish opponent Silvia Soler Espinosa (R) during the draw ceremony for the tennis Fed Cup World Group II first round match Romania vs Spain, held at Viva Club Hotel in Galati city, 240 Km north-east from Bucharest, Romania, 06 February 2015. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT

World Group II first round

Netherlands v Slovakia: Sport1 (home); RTVS (away)

Romania v Spain: Romtelecom (home); RTVE (away)

Sweden v Switzerland: CMore (home); TV24 (away)

Argentina v USA: TyC (home); Tennis Channel (away)

Topics: Bnp Paribas, Fed Cup, Itf, Krajicek, Serena, Sharapova, Tennis, Venus, Wta

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