{"id":8961,"date":"2018-12-20T12:02:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T17:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-womens-tennis-rights\/"},"modified":"2018-12-20T12:27:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T17:27:20","slug":"nent-group-acquires-exclusive-womens-tennis-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/12\/20\/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-womens-tennis-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"NENT Group Acquires Exclusive Women\u2019s Tennis Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has secured the exclusive media rights to 50 tennis tournaments from the Women\u2019s Tennis Association in Sweden, Norway and Finland.<\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, tennis fans can view the tournament matches live on NENT Group\u2019s Viaplay streaming service, with select matches also broadcast on NENT Group\u2019s television channels. NENT Group\u2019s coverage of WTA Premier and International category events begins this month and will feature tournaments in Shenzhen, Brisbane and Auckland. The coverage will conclude with the WTA Finals in Shenzhen between October 27 and November 3.<\/p>\n<p>NENT Group also holds the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian media rights to the men\u2019s tennis ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series and ATP World Tour Finals. It holds Danish media rights to the ATP World Tour 250 and ATP World Tour 500.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Mikkelsen, NENT Group\u2019s VP and head of sport, said: \u201cWe continue to broaden and deepen NENT Group\u2019s unrivalled sports portfolio and bring the very best experiences to every fan in the Nordic region. Now we\u2019re serving up another ace in 2019 with no less than 50 WTA tournaments, which together with our fantastic ATP coverage mean we offer some of the world\u2019s most compelling and competitive tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Micky Lawler, president of WTA, added: \u201cOur sport continues to grow and inspire new fans around the world, thanks to broadcast opportunities such as these. We\u2019re extremely pleased with NENT Group\u2019s dedication to bring women\u2019s tennis to new audiences and look forward to building our fan base in the Nordic region through our exciting WTA Premier and International events.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has secured the exclusive media rights to 50 tennis tournaments from the Women\u2019s Tennis Association in Sweden, Norway and Finland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":8963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1751,314],"class_list":["post-8961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-nent-group","tag-viaplay"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NENT Group Acquires Exclusive Women\u2019s Tennis Rights - 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\/2018\/12\/20\/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-womens-tennis-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NENT Group Acquires Exclusive Women\u2019s Tennis Rights - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has secured the exclusive media rights to 50 tennis tournaments from the Women\u2019s Tennis Association in Sweden, Norway and Finland.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/12\/20\/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-womens-tennis-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-20T17:02:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-12-20T17:27:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/nent-group-logo-1218.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"404\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"269\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/12\/20\/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-womens-tennis-rights\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/12\/20\/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-womens-tennis-rights\/\",\"name\":\"NENT Group Acquires Exclusive Women\u2019s Tennis Rights - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-20T17:02:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-20T17:27:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/12\/20\/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-womens-tennis-rights\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/12\/20\/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-womens-tennis-rights\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/12\/20\/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-womens-tennis-rights\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NENT Group Acquires Exclusive Women\u2019s Tennis Rights\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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