No tennis tournament is more precious to ESPN than the US Open. (Photo of Sarah Stier / Getty Images)
(Sarah Stier via Getty Images)
The United States Open will remain on ESPN in the foreseeable future, at no small cost.
Espn Announced Wednesday He extended his relations with the tournament based in New York to a 12 -year agreement, pushing his property of rights until 2037. Sports reports The price is 2.04 billion dollars.
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This amounts to around $ 170 million a year.
The ESPN agreement was previously expired after 2025, and this new gives the network exclusive rights in Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada. There will also be widened streaming rights and Sunday and last Sunday coverage of the Tournament on the ESPN broadcast partner in ABC.
Of ESPN:
“We are enormous proud of our 15 -year -old relationships with the USTA,” said ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro. “This agreement is strengthening our long -term dedication to tennis, our ability to present one of the first events of the annual sports calendar and, as the first world sporting event to offer equal handbags to its female and male competitors, the commitment of the Walt Disney Company of industry towards sports.”
ESPN also holds the rights of Wimbledon and Australian Open, while the French Open should migrate from NBC and TNT tennis channel in 2025, Due to the agreement of 650 million dollars of Warner Bros. Discovery.
The higher price of the United States is due to several factors, but the evidence is the advantage of the time zone of the only Grand Chelem based in the United States. The tournament has a larger domestic appeal than the rest of the Slams and frequently offers value beyond the programs thanks to the factor of celebrity of players and participants.
With Roger Federer and Serena Williams retired, Rafael Nadal about to join them and Novak Djokovic at 37, the agreement is also a bet that the world of tennis will provide new superstars in the next decade.
