TSN and RDS Remain Canada’s Exclusive Home of WIMBLEDON with New Multi-Year Media Rights Agreement

– Extended English and French language rights agreement highlighted by exclusive multi-court coverage of WIMBLEDON –

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TORONTO (July 19, 2021) – Following Ashleigh Barty securing her second career Grand Slam, and Novak Djokovic capturing his record-tying 20^th major title on the iconic grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, TSN and RDS announced today a multi-year media rights agreement that continues to make the Bell Media sports networks Canada’s exclusive English and French-language homes of WIMBLEDON.

The rights extension sees extensive, multi-court coverage of the tournament on TSN and RDS, highlighted by simultaneous matches, post-match reports, analysis, news conferences, and highlights, as well as additional bonus court coverage available to stream throughout the fortnight.

“As the undisputed Canadian home of the biggest events on the tennis calendar, we’re thrilled to continue to deliver exclusive live coverage of this timeless tennis tradition to fans across the nation in both English and French,” said Nathalie Cook, VP, TSN & RDS. “With unforgettable moments unfolding year-after-year on the historic grass courts of WIMBLEDON, we’re proud to continue to provide extensive, multi-court coverage of the tournament across our platforms.”

WIMBLEDON coverage is available for live streaming and on-demand viewing to TSN, RDS, TSN Direct, and RDS Direct subscribers via TSN.ca, RDS.ca, and the TSN and RDS apps.

WIMBLEDON is part of TSN and RDS’s exclusive live coverage of all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, which continues with the 2021 US OPEN, running August 30 to September 12. TSN is also home to comprehensive live coverage of the ATP and WTA Tour events throughout the season.

About TSN
TSN is Canada’s Sports Leader and provides world-class content across its industry-leading platforms including five national television feeds, TSN Direct, TSN.ca, TSN Radio stations, and the TSN app, now featuring 5G capabilities. With a broad portfolio of multimedia sports assets, TSN delivers more championship events than any broadcaster in the country. The network’s deep and diverse roster of live sports programming includes the Grey Cup, IIHF World Junior Championship, Spengler Cup, Hockey Canada events, CFL, NFL, NBA, MLS, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Winnipeg Jets, Season of Champions Curling, FIFA World Cup™, UEFA EURO, MLB, Golf’s Majors, Grand Slam Tennis, NASCAR, F1, UFC, and NCAA March Madness. TSN comes from Bell Media, Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, digital, and Out-of-Home. More information about TSN is available at TSN.ca.

About RDS

RDS is Canada’s French-language sports broadcasting leader. In addition to its world-class content delivered across multiple platforms, including RDS, RDS2, RDS Info, RDS.ca and the RDS app, RDS offers the broadest portfolio of French-language sports programming in the world. Official broadcaster of the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators, CFL and Grey Cup, NFL and Super Bowl, MLB and World Series, Olympic Games until 2024, FIFA World Cup until 2026, exclusive French-language broadcaster of the Montreal Alouettes, Laval Rocket, Formula 1, RDS’s slate of channels present more than 4,000 hours of live programming each year, including UFC, the IIHF World Championship and World Junior Championship, NASCAR, PGA Tour golf including all four majors, ATP tennis, all four Grand Slam tournaments, Season of Champions Curling and Skate Canada events. RDS comes from Bell Media, Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, digital, and Out-of-Home. More information about RDS is available at RDS.ca.