ESPN ‘Close’ To Deal For Wimbledon Rights After NBC Contract Expires
ESPN ‘Close’ To Deal For Wimbledon Rights After NBC Contract Expires
The broadcast giant would wrest away Wimbledon rights from NBC, which has televised the event for 43 years. 2011’s Wimbledon was the 43rd consecutive iteration of the tournament to be broadcast by NBC. But ESPN is poised to acquire the rights to Wimbledon , making 2011 the last year of NBC’s Wimbledon hegemony, according to the SportsBusiness Journal . SBJ ’s John Ourand writes that sources …
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