Australian Open is the first tennis grand-slam of the year. Grand slam started in the 2nd week of the January. There are number of channels that buy the tv rights to show the Australian Open matches coverage in the world. In Australia Seven Network is broadcasting the matches since 1973 and recently in 2009, Fox Sports start co-broadcasting the matches in the country. Here you will see the further details of channels that have the rights deal to show all matches.
Country | Channels |
United Kingdom | Eurosport |
United States | Tennis Channel, ESPN2, ESPN3 |
Australia | Seven Network, Fox Sports |
South-East Asia | Fox Sports |
Japan | NHK,, Wowow |
China | CCTV, Shanghai TV, iQiyi |
India | Sony Six |
Asian Continent | Sony Six, Fox Sports |
New Zealand | Sky Sports |
France | Eurosport, Eurosport 2 |
Germany | Eurosport, Eurosport 2 |
Italy | Eurosport, Eurosport 2 |
Netherlands | NOS |
Switzerland | SRG |
Serbia | RTS |
European Countries | Eurosport |
Canada | TSN |
Middle East and Northern Africa | beIN Sports |
South Africa | Supersports |
Sub-Sahara Africa | Supersports |
Central America | ESPN International |
Mexico | Televisa Deportes |
Russia | NTV Plus, Eurosport |
Central Asia | NTV Plus |
Latin America | ESPN International (Spanish) |
Ireland | Eurosport, BBC |
Brazil | SporTV, ESPN |
Australian Open telecast globally on television and online by few of most established broadcasters in world sports. Eurosport will provide coverage in European countries on channels (Eurosport1, Eurosport2). After 2016, Australian open event BBC dropped its live coverage, which means in United Kingdom all matches will be covered by (Eurosport).
TV Channels Broadcasting Australian Open 2018 in United States:
Tennis Channel, ESPN have the coverage rights to show the grand-slam in United States. In Latin America the matches will be in (Spanish commentary) on ESPN International channel.