Jean-Baptiste Sarrazin, with Céline Géraud 16:24 pm, March 30, 2023

This is good news for the public broadcasting service. Exceptional guest of "Europe 1 Sport", the president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced the renewal, for four years, of the TV rights of Roland-Garros to the group France Télévisions. It also recovers the Simonne-Mathieu court at the expense of Aamazon Prime Video.

Tennis enthusiasts will rejoice at the news. Roland-Garros, the mythical tournament at the Porte d'Auteuil, will continue to be broadcast on the public service. This was announced by Gilles Moretton, the president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT), in an exclusive interview with Europe 1 Sport (every evening from 20 p.m. to 23 p.m. live on Europe 1). "There is news that is out of the ordinary," enthused the latter at the microphone of Céline Géraud. France Télévisions thus obtains the exclusive rights to Roland-Garros for four more years, from 2024 to 2027. Amazon Prime Video was particularly in competition.

While a call for tenders had been launched for the broadcast of the famous Parisian tournament for the post-Olympic Games 2024, the FFT has decided to reiterate its confidence in the public service channels. "It was important for Roland-Garros that as many French people as possible could see the tournament on television, at home," said Gilles Moretton in Europe 1 Sport. The president of the FFT spoke of "excellent relations" with Delphine Ernotte, the president of the France TV group, as well as with all the collaborators of the public service broadcaster.

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An additional "night session" for Prime Video

Another change from 2024, the Simonne-Mathieu court will be included in the rights of France TV. "Simonne-Mathieu, which was reserved for Amazon Prime, becomes France Télévisions. This means that during the day, France Télévisions will have the entire tournament," announced Gilles Moretton. For its part, Prime loses the exclusivity of this recently built court but gets an additional night session. "The evening sessions will be reserved for Prime Video, with an extension": the American platform, which had ten evening sessions exclusively, will now have 11 from 2024.