ESPN and Wimbledon’s AELTC (All England Lawn Tennis Club) have extended their pact for another dozen years. As part of the new deal, which runs through 2035, ESPN+ will stream the action on all courts, and ABC gets live matches on the prestigious tennis major’s middle weekend.
Yeah, there will be no more resting on the tourney’s “middle Sunday,” which was its tradition. Blame the broadcast network, which shares the same parent company, Disney, with ESPN.
Though the new deal technically begins in 2024, the ABC stuff starts next year.
Wimbledon matches have previously streamed on both ESPN+ and ESPN3, but this agreement allows for every single one of them to be seen on the sports SVOD service.