to the tournament (NBC continues to be the broadcast television rightsholder). In March 2017, Sinclair additionally acquired Tennis magazine and Tennis.com, seeking to integrate Tennis Channel with them to boost its cross-platform presence. In October 2018, it was announced that Tennis Channel had acquired rights to the 46 overseas events of the WTA Tour under a five-year deal beginning in 2019, replacing beIN Sports. beIN had acquired the WTA Tour rights as part of a larger deal covering 30 countries, but the deal faced criticism from U.S. viewers due to the network's narrow carriage (only serving half as many households as Tennis Channel, with several top providers having also dropped the channel that August), as well as frequent scheduling conflicts favoring soccer coverage. In 2019, Tennis Channel reached a five-year extension of its rights to the Citi Open. The tournament also re-joined the US Open Series under new ownership. In October 2020, Tennis Channel renewed its rights to the ATP Tour, and also added rights to Masters 1000 events held in North America beginning in 2021 (previously aired by ESPN under a separate contract). This made Tennis Channel the exclusive U.S. broadcaster of all Masters 1000 events. On-air personalities Martina Navratilova Jim Courier Tracy Austin Lindsay Davenport James Blake Chanda Rubin Paul Annacone Mary Carillo Bill Macatee Ted Robinson Ian Eagle Leif Shiras Jimmy Arias Brett Haber Steve Weissman Jon Wertheim Barry MacKay Streaming channels Tennis Channel Plus (2014) a year subscription streaming service. PLUS 1 (2014) programming would consist of encores, live tournaments and stunt programming. PLUS 2 (1/2018) programming consists of extended live coverage for multi-court and tournament weeks and encores. The T (1/2018) a free channel with the best of programming, offer through the app and Stirr at launch on January 16, 2019. As of March 2022, Tennis Channel added a new channel called T2, which is free. Programming The network broadcasts live tournaments, news, one-on-one interviews, game analysis and skills instruction. Tennis Channel provides extensive coverage of the Davis Cup (until 2018), Fed Cup and Hopman Cup as well as other tournaments throughout the year. Tennis Channel is the exclusive cable rightsholder of the French Open; while it previously sub-licensed portions of this coverage to ESPN, this arrangement ended in 2015. Original series ATP … Tennis (in 2004). Weekly series on the ATP tours. Bag Check (in 2004). A look at what is in pro players'