Tennis Channel App Subscribers Surged with ‘Sunshine77’ Promotion
Protection Continues for the “Sunshine Double” March 17-29 on the Miami Open, that includes Indian Wells Champions Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka
LOS ANGELES, March 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tennis Channel noticed its highest viewership ever this yr on the BNP Paribas Open. The event, extremely thought to be the fifth Grand Slam, elevated 39% from final yr and drew document excessive engagement on social media and tennis.com. TC Stay delivered one other document with a rise of 57% from 2025. The ‘Sunshine77’ promotion, which launched at the beginning of Indian Wells, provides a whole yr of continuous tennis on the Tennis Channel App for under $77.
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On the heels of its success within the desert, Tennis Channel continues its protection of the “Sunshine Double” because the unique U.S. residence of the Miami Open. Multi-platform protection started March 17 and runs by way of the lads’s and girls’s championships on March 29. From first ball to final ball, every level is on the market to observe on Tennis Channel, Tennis Channel 2, the Tennis Channel App and TennisChannel.com.
“Fans took advantage of our ‘Sunshine77’ streaming app offer and Tennis Channel annual subscriber signups are up 150% from last year,” said Jeff Blackburn, CEO of Tennis Channel. “We’re looking forward to carrying that momentum into the Miami Open.”
The 2026 participant area is about to incorporate defending Miami Open champions Jakub Menšík (No. 12) and Aryna Sabalenka (No. 1) in addition to World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz. Additionally headlining the sector are Elena Rybakina (No. 3), four-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner (No. 2), two-time Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff (No. 4) and Taylor Fritz (No. 7), the top-ranked American on the lads’s tour and 2022 BNP Paribas Open champion, amongst many others. Lately introduced, former World No. 1 and three-time Miami Open winner Venus Williams and former U.S. Open Champion Sloane Stephens have additionally acquired wild playing cards to compete.
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After making her debut with Tennis Channel earlier this yr, former world No. 7 and 2024 Miami Open Champion Danielle Collins will be part of the community’s on-site desk on the Miami Open. She might be a part of an all-star lineup of analysts, hosts and reporters mixing championship pedigree with broadcast excellence.
On-site match announcers will embrace Corridor of Famers Martina Navratilova and Jim Courier; former World No. 6 Chanda Rubin; Emmy Award-winning host Brett Haber; former World No. 5 and Grand Slam combined doubles champion Jimmy Arias; and coach and commentator Mark Petchey, delivering professional perception, storytelling and real-time reactions all through the event.
Each day protection of Tennis Channel Stay on the Miami Open might be anchored by Steve Weissman and Collins, with Chris Eubanks, Prakash Amritraj, Jimmy Arias and Dani Klupenger becoming a member of all through the day’s protection.
Extra protection on Tennis Channel 2 will characteristic on-site announcers Mark Knowles, Jason Goodall, Monica Puig, Nico Pereira and Andrea Petkovic, increasing match protection and commentary all through the event.
Tennis Channel’s podcast, The Large T, might be on-site with hosts Andrea Petcovic and Mark Petchey, with new episodes airing March 18th and March twenty fifth. Watch on the Tennis Channel app and YouTube and pay attention wherever you get your podcasts.
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Followers can watch on Tennis Channel, Tennis Channel 2 and the The Tennis Channel App. For extra info, go to tennis.com/watch.
TENNIS CHANNEL SCHEDULE:
March 18-29 TC Stay 10am PT/1pm ET
March 18-29 Matches start 11am PT / 2pm ET
Tuesday, March 24
11am PT / 2pm ET Girls’s Singles Quarterfinals4pm PT / 7pm ET Girls’s Singles Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 259am PT / 12pm ET TC Live10am PT / 1pm ET Girls’s Singles Quarterfinals12pm PT / 3pm ET Males’s Singles Quarterfinals4pm PT / 7pm ET Girls’s Singles Quarterfinals6pm PT / 9pm ET Males’s Singles Quarterfinals10am PT / 1pm ET Girls’s Doubles Quarterfinals on TC2
Thursday, March 269am PT / 12pm ET TC Live10am PT / 1pm ET Males’s Singles Quarterfinals12pm PT / 3pm ET Girls’s Singles Semifinals2pm PT / 5pm ET Males’s Doubles Quarterfinals4pm PT / 7pm ET Males’s Singles Quarterfinals6pm PT / 9pm ET Girls’s Singles Semifinals10am PT / 1pm ET Males’s Doubles Quarterfinals on TC2
Friday, March 279am PT / 12pm ET TC Live10am PT / 1pm ET Girls’s Doubles Semifinals12pm PT / 3pm ET Males’s Singles Semifinals4pm PT / 7pm ET Males’s Singles Semifinals6pm PT / 9pm ET Girls’s Doubles Semifinals10am PT / 1pm ET Males’s Doubles Semifinals
Saturday, March 289am PT / 12pm ET TC Live9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET Males’s Doubles Final11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET TC Live12pm PT / 3pm ET Girls’s Singles Final2pm PT / 5pm ET TC Stay Put up Girls’s Singles Remaining
Sunday, March 299am PT / 12pm ET TC Live9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET Girls’s Doubles Final11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET TC Live12pm PT / 3pm ET Males’s Singles Final2pm PT / 5pm ET TC Stay Put up Males’s Singles Remaining
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Tennis Channel (www.tennischannel.com) and its sibling community Tennis Channel 2, that are owned by Sinclair, Inc., are the one television-based multiplatform locations devoted to each the skilled sport and tennis life-style. The networks have essentially the most concentrated single-sport protection in tv in one of many world’s most voluminous sports activities, with a number of males’s and girls’s tournaments and singles, doubles and combined competitors all year long. Tennis Channel and Tennis Channel 2 are the unique U.S. properties of all males’s ATP World Tour and girls’s WTA Tour competitions, Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, and Laver Cup. The community’s app and web site TennisChannel.com home a direct-to-consumer streaming service with the standard tv community and 10,000 hours of stay and on-demand matches beside unique content material. Tennis Channel Worldwide brings stay competitors and community content material to markets in Europe and Asia through digital subscription and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels. Extra platform Tennis.com is the most important digital outlet devoted to the game. Tennis Channel can also be a co-owner of Pickleballtv, a three way partnership with the Skilled Pickleball Affiliation.
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