{"id":6813,"date":"2016-06-16T10:10:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T14:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/eurosport-scores-wimbledon-rights-for-the-u-k\/"},"modified":"2016-06-16T15:08:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T19:08:28","slug":"eurosport-scores-wimbledon-rights-for-the-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/06\/16\/eurosport-scores-wimbledon-rights-for-the-u-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurosport Scores Wimbledon Rights for the U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Eurosport has secured a five-year agreement with the AELTC to show live simulcast coverage in the U.K. of the Wimbledon finals and highlights, making it the only broadcaster in the country to show live coverage of all four Grand Slams.<\/p>\n<p>Eurosport has bagged the U.K. rights for the Wimbledon Gentlemen\u2019s and Ladies\u2019 Singles finals and daily 90-minute highlights shows for the duration of The Championships, Wimbledon. The BBC will continue to broadcast daily live coverage of The Championships in the U.K. across BBC One, BBC Two and online, and remains the AELTC\u2019s primary U.K. broadcast partner for the 2016-20 term.<\/p>\n<p>Susanna Dinnage, the executive VP and managing director for Discovery Networks U.K. and Ireland, said: \u201cIt is fantastic to offer fans the chance to watch one of the most iconic events in British sport on Eurosport for the first time. Adding the Wimbledon rights means we now have live coverage of all four top tournaments and cements our position as the Home of Grand Slam Tennis in the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Eurosport has secured a five-year agreement with the AELTC to show live simulcast coverage in the U.K. of the Wimbledon finals and highlights, making it the only broadcaster in the country to show live coverage of all four Grand Slams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[518,630],"class_list":["post-6813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-eurosport","tag-wimbledon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eurosport Scores Wimbledon Rights for the U.K. - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/06\/16\/eurosport-scores-wimbledon-rights-for-the-u-k\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eurosport Scores Wimbledon Rights for the U.K. - 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