Tennis Channel is serving up a free mobile app during the 2013 French Open that will enable fans to watch the network’s match coverage on tablets and mobile devices.
Available on Apple and Android platforms beginning May 26, Tennis Channel Everywhere marks the network’s initial foray into the world of mobility and “always on” accessibility and will continue through Sunday, June 2. Archived matches will be available on demand throughout and following the tournament. The app is available to everyone, regardless of whether or not they currently subscribe to Tennis Channel.
Similar to the live and on-demand streams the network has offered on its Web site since its first year of Roland Garros coverage in 2007, Tennis Channel Everywhere allows viewers to choose from multiple matches at the world’s most prestigious clay-court event, including the action from Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne-Lenglen and the other currently televised courts throughout the tournament grounds.
The app is comparable to the video page on Tennis Channel’s Web site, and also offers daily highlights, interviews and other segments from nightly show French Open Tonight, as well as short clips like Bag Check features and Court Report news updates.
“The French Open is two weeks of dramatic storylines and one of the most prestigious events in all of sports, the ideal event for us to introduce Tennis Channel Everywhere,” said Ken Solomon, chairman and CEO, Tennis Channel, in announcing the app’s debut. “Tennis Channel has become the television home of our sport throughout the year, and a mobile app is the next step in our effort to be an always-on, reliable source for fans everywhere – in this case expanding to let viewers watch everywhere from the beach in Miami to walking across the Golden Gate Bridge, whenever they want. This is really version 1.0 though, just a glimpse of what it will rapidly grow into with the help of our distribution partners and the fact that tennis, by its multievent, multiplayer nature, is the perfect sport to lead this fast-developing arena.”
Users can download the Tennis Channel Everywhere mobile app for Apple athttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id651092377?mt=8and Android at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tennischannel.tceverywhere.
