We will not unveil all the bells and whistles straight away as we will keep a few elements up our sleeves for Discovery’s coverage next summer that will feature every minute of the Games and analysis a multitude of sports. It uses augmented reality (AR) and enhanced graphics to ”transport fans … Barbara Schett will anchor Eurosport’s coverage from the Eurosport Cube in London throughout the two weeks of the tournament with seven-time Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander providing analysis. Catherine Ann Whitaker (born 10 February 1986) is a British sports reporter, presenter and commentator for both television and radio, who has covered tennis and other sports for Eurosport, Amazon Prime Video UK, BBC Radio 5 Live, BeIn Sports, Perform and IMG Media. Since 2015, she has been the on-site presenter for Eurosport at the US Open,[2] Australian Open[3] and French Open[4] tennis tournaments. In June 2018, she presented the inaugural tennis coverage[6] of Amazon Prime Video in the UK at the Queen's Club Championships. Meanwhile, Eurosport’s coverage of the US Open (It has rights to US Open coverage across Europe in over 50 countries and territories, except the United Kingdom and Ireland) will include analysis in the Eurosport Cube. richard.hewes@mbi.london, For editorial contact Coverage will be led by Prime Video’s core presenting team, hosted by Catherine Whitaker, alongside former players and tennis experts Daniela Hantuchova and Greg Rusedski in the studio. Customers will have access to full, uninterrupted, live coverage from every televised court, all match replays and highlights, at no additional cost to their Prime membership. Amazon Prime Video will bring customers in the UK and Ireland live and exclusive coverage of the US Open Tennis Championships 2019, from the qualifying rounds (19 August–23 August) to the tournament (26 August–8 September) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. Prime members can look forward to live and exclusive coverage from the US Open from 26 August to 8 September from every televised court, beginning daily at 4.00pm BST in the first week, with a pre-match show from 3.30pm BST. This year Prime Video will also have live coverage and full match replays from the qualifying rounds from 19 to 23 August. As we look to the US Open, we believe the Eurosport Cube can transform how fans connect with tennis and the players, bringing to life technical nuances and the reasons matches are won or lost in a way that’s never been seen before in the tennis.”, For sponsorship & info@mb-insight.com, Today's Battle of the Brits tennis tournament (Amazon Prime Video) schedule, BT Sport shows UK's first public live 8K HDR sports broadcast, Will Carling blog: Six Nations graphics (Visits to 22) explained, Will Carling Six Nations blog #3: Big hits, big Insights, LaLiga unveils VIP ‘watch together’ parties with LaLiga legends, Goodwood to live stream SpeedWeek innovations online and on ITV, Rakuten to air 70min version of Zambian National Football Team doc, Eurosport to air Ronnie O’Sullivan World Championship doc, 'We can take the game to them' – Alex Palmer discusses Liverpool tie exclusively with SW | The Stacey West, Lincoln City FC launches weekly live show Matchday Live, All Premier League games in September to be shown live on TV - Broadcast Sport, Premier League 3pm blackout looks set to be scrapped for 2020/21 season, Podcast: Jeff Foulser on producing the Commonwealth Games | News - PodcastNews, Sunset+Vine wins Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games contract, Podcast: Jeff Foulser on producing the Commonwealth Games - Broadcast Sport, Podcast: Sunset+Vine’s Jeff Foulser on producing the Commonwealth Games 2022 | News - PodcastNews. Richard Hewes "The Tennis Podcast: listen to the latest episode", "Eurosport to serve up best ever coverage of US Open - live and exclusively", "French Open 2017 preview: Dates, TV info, tickets, odds on Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray", "Roger Federer's Australian Open triumph gets fine treatment from Eurosport, but TV channel faces tough opponent in shape of Sky", "Amazon 'just getting started' as it prepares for tennis debut from Queen's", "Being an absolute boss: podcasts of the week", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Whitaker&oldid=982113703, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 07:27.

jake.bickerton@broadcastnow.co.uk, Media Business Insight She is also co-presenter of The Tennis Podcast, a weekly podcast launched in 2012.[1].

+44 (0)20 8102 0900 Since 2015, she has been the on-site presenter for Eurosport at the US Open, Australian Open and French Open tennis tournaments. Since May 2012, she has co-presented The Tennis Podcast, a weekly downloadable podcast, with daily editions at the Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Whitaker was educated at Kendrick School in Reading and the University of Nottingham. Her co-presenter is BBC tennis commentator David Law. [7] At Wimbledon, she reports and commentates for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Television.[8]. You must be logged in to post a comment In addition, customers in the UK can subscribe to Eurosport Player through Prime Video Channels and watch the Australian and French Open, as well as daily highlights and live coverage from the men’s and women’s finals of Wimbledon for an additional £6.99 per month (following a 7-day free trial). Prior to that, she was a presenter for Live at Wimbledon, the in-house TV channel produced by IMG Media for the Wimbledon tennis Championships. I’ve taken advantage of this special Amazon offer just in time for the Australian open tennis finals. Boris Becker and Justine Henin will also be “beamed into the Eurosport Cube studio in London directly from their locations in Munich and Paris respectively to give their own expert perspective from the best of the men’s and women’s matches throughout the fortnight.”. Find out more and subscribe today commercial opportunities contact

Former World No.1 and four-time Grand Slam winner Jim Courier returns, as does former British No.1 Annabel Croft, analyst and commentator Mark Petchey, and sports presenter Karthi Gnanasegaram. 5-25 Scrutton Street Mary Carillo and Pete Odgers will join as part of the courtside commentary team and Marcus Buckland will present a highlights show. Jake Bickerton From 2020, Prime Video will have exclusive rights to show the top Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournaments in a four-year deal (2020-2024), allowing customers to watch the best in women’s and men’s tennis all in one place for the first time in the UK, underlining Prime Video as the home for tennis fans in the UK and Ireland. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Watch all your favourite sports live and on demand with Eurosport Player. Coverage from the tournament, which runs from 31 August to 13 September, will begin daily at 3:30pm BST, with all match replays available within 15 minutes of the match ending, and on-demand highlights available the next day. In February 2018, she presented Eurosport’s Winter Olympic Games coverage in Pyeongchang. Prime Video will broadcast on-site, live studio coverage throughout the whole tournament starting from 26 August to 8 September. She presents live coverage from the tournaments and interviews players. Meanwhile, Eurosport’s coverage of the US Open (It has rights to US Open coverage across Europe in over 50 countries and territories, except the United Kingdom and Ireland) will include analysis in the Eurosport Cube. London, EC2A 4HJ Martina Navratilova and Jim Courier will also join for analysis during the tournament. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

In June 2018, she presented the inaugural tennis coverage of Amazon Prime Video in the UK at the Queen's Club Championships. Zetland House For this year’s tournament, the team will be joined for the first time by former World No.1 and seven-time Grand Slam singles winner John McEnroe, former World No.1 and 18-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Navratilova, and former World No.4 and British No.1 Tim Henman. All match replays will be available within 15 minutes of a match ending and highlights will be available on demand the following day. This interactive, mixed-reality studio was first unveiled during the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. The US Open (2018-2022) forms a key part of Prime Video’s tennis coverage, with over 220 days of tennis tournaments broadcast alone in 2019, including exclusive coverage of 37 ATP Tour events (2019-2023) and the Laver Cup (2019). Coverage is available across hundreds of devices on the Prime Video app for TVs, game consoles, set-top boxes, connected devices, mobile and online. Login, Copyright Advanced Television Ltd © 2001–2020. All you need to have is Amazon Prime Video installed - open the app - scroll down and you will see the Eurosport player which is integrated into the Amazon Prime Video app. She then hosted the first year of the Amazon Prime Video service's US Open coverage in the UK in August and September. Amazon Prime Video will broadcast live studio coverage throughout the US Open, with Greg Rusedski, Daniela Hantuchova, Tim Henman, Annabel Croft, Anne Keothavong and Laura Robson providing commentary and analysis. It uses augmented reality (AR) and enhanced graphics to ”transport fans into the heart of the action from New York and offer the most detailed and insightful analysis of the action,” says Eurosport.

Her other roles include commentating for WTA Media and ATP Tennis Radio, presenting the video content for the Queen’s Club Championships, and she has also presented BeIN Sports’ coverage of the WTA and ATP events in Doha. She presents live coverage from the tournaments and interviews players.[5].

Eurosport Player for 1p per month with Prime, Amazon Prime Video reveals premiere date for The Tick, Data: Biden pips Trump in town hall TV ratings, International streaming platform for Scottish Championship, Study: 41% US says TV ads will help decide Xmas purchases, Switzerland: Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD selected by Kabelio. Amazon Prime Video will show all live matches in the UK and Ireland, while Eurosport has the rights to the rest of Europe, including analysis in the Eurosport Cube (pictured below). Prime Video’s investment in on-screen tennis coverage is also reflected off-screen with the Prime Video Future Talent Award, supported by Andy Murray, an award which supports young British tennis talent, selecting one male and one female player to receive a total of £60,000 in funding over a two-year cycle. In addition, customers in the UK can subscribe to Eurosport Player through Prime Video Channels and watch the Australian and French Open, as well as daily highlights and live coverage from the men’s and women’s finals of Wimbledon for an additional £6.99 per month (following a 7-day free trial).