Amazon buys exclusive UK rights to US Open tennis tournament
by Mark Sweney and Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#3N4JM)
Five-year deal, thought worth $40m, gives Prime subscribers in UK access to grand slam event
Amazon has struck a deal said to be worth $40m (30m) for the exclusive UK TV rights to the US Open tennis tournament, as the US firm looks to add to its 100 million Prime subscribers.
Amazon, which is in talks with the Premier League to potentially stream matches from 2019 to 2022, has struck a five-year deal starting with this summer's tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York.