BBC Extends Partnership With Wimbledon
The BBC has agreed a three-year extension to its contract as host broadcaster and UK rights holder of Wimbledon.
The new deal, which guarantees that The Championships will be broadcast on the BBC until at least 2017, takes the relationship between the BBC and the All England Lawn Tennis Club up to 90 years.
The BBC will continue to broadcast Wimbledon across all platforms, including TV, online, radio and mobile.
Ian Ritchie, chief executive of the All England Club, told the BBC Sport website: Wimbledon fans have been enjoying the BBC’s broadcast coverage of The Championships since 1927 and we are delighted to be extending this enduring and successful partnership for a further three years.’
Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport, added: ‘The BBC’s first ever live sport broadcast was from Wimbledon and we are proud that our new deal means the longest partnership in sports broadcasting continues.’
