Love, France.The Tennis Channel and satellite television provider DirecTV DirecTV (trademarked as "DIRECTV") is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California, USA, that transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America except for Mexico. Inc. cemented a multi-year distribution agreement that begins with a "Sneak Peek" of the French Open, May 27 to June June: see month. 10, followed by the launch of Tennis Channel later this summer. The free "Sneak Peek," available to 16 million DirecTV subscribers, will offer the Tennis Channel's coverage of the tournament--one of four Grand Slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. events--with more than 100 hours from the claycourt competition, including live daily coverage and a primetime highlights and events program each evening, "French Open Tonight." As part of the Sneak Peek, DirecTV will offer French Open Interactive, providing viewers expanded coverage and features, such as the French Open Mix Channel, designed to enhance tennis fans' enjoyment of the game. Tennis Channel also announced the pending launch of a second, high-definition High-definition refers to an increase in display or visual resolution such as in:
Last year the Santa Monica-based cable network inked a deal that brought it onto 30 new cable systems, widening its reach to 10 million households. The channel also scored rights to the French Open last year in a deal that spans up to nine years and gives the channel broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). and video-on-demand rights to the tournament. Staff reporter Anne Riley-Katz can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 225, or at ariley-katz@labusinessjournal.com |
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