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Hexagon Cup renews ITV broadcasting deal

The Hexagon Cup has announced the renewal of its partnership with ITV as broadcasting rights holder for the second edition of the padel tournament, ensuring fans across the UK can enjoy free-to-air extensive coverage of the tournament’s second edition, taking place from January 29th to February 2nd, in Madrid, Spain. 2024 marked the first time […]

January 22, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Joshua joins Murray as co-owner of Hexagon Cup team AD/vantage

Two-time heavyweight boxing world champion Anthony Joshua has joined forces with tennis legend Andy Murray as a new Co-Owner of Team AD/vantage, the inaugural winners of the world’s leading professional padel team competition, the Hexagon Cup. Following in fellow British sporting great Andy Murray’s footsteps, Joshua is the latest global sporting icon to align with […]

January 13, 2025

Hexagon Cup renews DAZN deal

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, will, for the second consecutive year, be the global home of the Hexagon Cup, the padel tournament that begins on January 29th in Madrid. DAZN will broadcast all matches from the second edition of the Hexagon Cup live (excluding the US), making them available to watch for free. DAZN’s users […]

October 28, 2024

Survey: Lionesses’ Euros win voted top TV sporting moment

The England Lionesses’ victory at the Euro 2022 tournament has been voted the top live TV sporting moment of the past 20 years in a survey conducted by Everyone TV, the organisation responsible for streaming service Freely, which is backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The survey of 2,000 sports fans […]

August 1, 2024

Wondery expands sports slate

Global podcast studio and network Wondery has announced a move into UK sports podcasts, with its first UK sports original, Everything To Play For, and a distribution and ad-sales rep deal for popular podcast The Socially Distant Sports Bar. Hosted by Countdown presenter Colin Murray and comedian, actor and broadcaster Elis James, presenting together for […]

June 4, 2024

Sky Sports launching dedicated tennis channel

A new Sky Sports Tennis channel will launch on Sky and NOW on February 11th, making tennis content available all day, every day for fans in the UK and Ireland. Sky Sports says it will broadcast more live tennis than anywhere else, bringing over 4,000 live matches from more than 80 tournaments a year on […]

January 30, 2024

Hexagon Cup on DAZN

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, will become the global home of Hexagon Cup, the new padel tournament starting on January 31st in Madrid. DAZN will stream all 21 matches live. DAZN subscribers (excluding the US) will be able to watch the championship’s qualification rounds (January 31st – February 2nd), the semi-finals (February 3rd) and the […]

January 19, 2024

ITV scores Hexagon Cup deal

The Hexagon Cup, the new padel tournament, has announced ITV as its UK broadcast rights holder as it prepares for its inaugural event in Madrid, Spain. The deal will see the Semi-Finals (February 3rd) and the Finals (February 4th) of the tournament live streamed on ITVX, along with a highlights programme on ITV4. The partnership […]

January 16, 2024

Billie Jean King, Davis Cups on BBC

Audiences can watch tennis live on the BBC this November across both the Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup. Great Britain are set to face Sweden in the Billie Jean King Cup play-offs at the Copper Box Arena, London. Fans can watch live on BBC iPlayer and on the BBC Sport Website and app […]

November 3, 2023

The LTA retains Whisper and Little Dot Sport

Following a successful Partnership in 2022, the LTA has renewed its Production Partnership with Whisper and Little Dot Sport for 2023, as LTA remains focused on opening up tennis to new audiences in the UK. Whisper and Little Dot Sport will once again combine their skills to produce and distribute a variety of high-impact content […]

February 14, 2023