ESPN secures ATP tennis programming for LATAM, the Caribbean


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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez

| 10 March 2016




Through a five-year extension of its agreement with ATP Media, ESPN has secured the TV rights in Spanish-speaking Latin America and the Caribbean to the tennis Tour Masters 1000 and the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.



atp arthur asheThe deal includes full exclusivity for pay-TV and digital platforms, resulting in over 400 hours of ATP World Tour Masters 1000 coverage per year.

The partnership kicks off with the first Masters 1000 of the 2016 season: the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Indian Wells (California), followed by events in Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Toronto, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris, and ending with the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals from London in November.

“We are pleased to extend our comprehensive coverage of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament series, and the finale in London, as it showcases the world’s top men’s players competing at the highest level,” said Michael Walters, programming VP, ESPN International. “With this agreement, ESPN continues its commitment to our viewers to telecast the highest quality sports programming from throughout the world.”

“ESPN has played an integral role in allowing us to introduce, and make the ATP World Tour accessible, to over one billion viewers worldwide,” added Mark Webster, CEO, ATP Media, the broadcasting arm of the ATP, the governing body of men's professional tennis. “There is an ever expanding appetite for the ATP World Tour amongst Spanish-speaking Latin America.”