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MUMBAI: The inaugural edition of the
International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) will
be broadcast in more than 125 countries,
potentially reaching over 300 million households
internationally, the organisers have said.
All matches will be produced in HD quality with
IPTL graphics and commentary.
The league will be telecast in regions such as
the US, UK, France, the Czech Republic, Serbia,
across South-East Asia, the Middle East, Sub-
Saharan Africa, and Brazil, giving it a truly global
broadcast footprint.
Star Sports has acquired the rights to telecast
the event in the Indian subcontinent, while ABS-
CBN will take the event to households in the
Philippines. Singapore viewers will be served by
SingTel, and in the UAE, the event will be
broadcast through the Abu Dhabi Media Group.
UFA Sports is the exclusive marketer of the
league’s worldwide media rights.
Powered by an exciting format and unique
innovations, IPTL features the world’s leading
tennis players. It will be between 28 November
and 13 December 2014.
“We are thrilled to take the inaugural Coca-Cola
International Premier Tennis League to global
audiences through many of the world’s leading
broadcasters. In an era in which the media is at
the forefront of all live action, we are pleased to
offer an unmatched viewing experience to
audiences across the world and believe the
event will change the way the world looks at the
sport of tennis in the seasons to come,” said
IPTL founder Mahesh Bhupathi.
As a sporting event, IPTL will be the first
professional tennis league to go beyond cross
boundaries, bringing into play a competitive
franchise-based contest blending quality sport
and entertainment in a thoroughly new format.
The star-studded teams include 21 Grand Slam
champions and 14 current and former World
Number Ones. Iconic players such as Roger
Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Tomas
Berdych, Marin Cilic, Andre Agassi, Pete
Sampras, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Ana
Ivanovic, Caroline Wozniacki and others
representing four franchises—the Micromax
Indian ‘Aces’, the Singapore ‘Slammers’, the UAE
‘Royals’, and the Manila ‘Mavericks’.
Tennis’ traditional scoring format has been
changed to single-set no-add scoring, which will
speed up the games and enable fans to
experience up to 24 different players in one
evening. Thrilling features such as time-outs,
power points, shootouts, a running shot clock,
HAWK eye and more will ensure edge-of-the-seat
action for spectators at stadiums and viewers
catching it on television.
ITPL to be broadcast globally in 125 countries | TelevisionPost.com
International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) will
be broadcast in more than 125 countries,
potentially reaching over 300 million households
internationally, the organisers have said.
All matches will be produced in HD quality with
IPTL graphics and commentary.
The league will be telecast in regions such as
the US, UK, France, the Czech Republic, Serbia,
across South-East Asia, the Middle East, Sub-
Saharan Africa, and Brazil, giving it a truly global
broadcast footprint.
Star Sports has acquired the rights to telecast
the event in the Indian subcontinent, while ABS-
CBN will take the event to households in the
Philippines. Singapore viewers will be served by
SingTel, and in the UAE, the event will be
broadcast through the Abu Dhabi Media Group.
UFA Sports is the exclusive marketer of the
league’s worldwide media rights.
Powered by an exciting format and unique
innovations, IPTL features the world’s leading
tennis players. It will be between 28 November
and 13 December 2014.
“We are thrilled to take the inaugural Coca-Cola
International Premier Tennis League to global
audiences through many of the world’s leading
broadcasters. In an era in which the media is at
the forefront of all live action, we are pleased to
offer an unmatched viewing experience to
audiences across the world and believe the
event will change the way the world looks at the
sport of tennis in the seasons to come,” said
IPTL founder Mahesh Bhupathi.
As a sporting event, IPTL will be the first
professional tennis league to go beyond cross
boundaries, bringing into play a competitive
franchise-based contest blending quality sport
and entertainment in a thoroughly new format.
The star-studded teams include 21 Grand Slam
champions and 14 current and former World
Number Ones. Iconic players such as Roger
Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Tomas
Berdych, Marin Cilic, Andre Agassi, Pete
Sampras, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Ana
Ivanovic, Caroline Wozniacki and others
representing four franchises—the Micromax
Indian ‘Aces’, the Singapore ‘Slammers’, the UAE
‘Royals’, and the Manila ‘Mavericks’.
Tennis’ traditional scoring format has been
changed to single-set no-add scoring, which will
speed up the games and enable fans to
experience up to 24 different players in one
evening. Thrilling features such as time-outs,
power points, shootouts, a running shot clock,
HAWK eye and more will ensure edge-of-the-seat
action for spectators at stadiums and viewers
catching it on television.
ITPL to be broadcast globally in 125 countries | TelevisionPost.com
