BBC to offer live streaming of Wimbledon

01 June, 2006 by The_Boss

In a move that will offer UK tennis fans even greater access to one of the world's greatest tennis tournaments, the BBC today announced that for the first time ever, UK broadband users will have access to five courts of live tennis action during the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.

The service, available free from BBC Sport's dedicated Wimbledon website - bbc.co.uk/wimbledon - will feature coverage from BBC's live terrestrial coverage and its digital interactive feeds, enhancing the site's comprehensive news, latest scores and results service.

In addition to the live streaming of the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, tennis fans will also have the opportunity to catch-up on any action they miss as the site will be running short, three-minute highlight packages rounding up each day's play.

And for Wimbledon fans across the globe these highlights will be available to an international audience.

Barbara Slater, BBC Head of General Sports, said: "This is an exciting opportunity that will ensure Wimbledon reaches an even wider audience.

"The live streaming coverage will make one of the biggest sporting events in the world available to broadband users in the UK, wherever they are at home or in the office so they never have to miss a game."

Live and exclusive coverage of the 2006 Wimbledon Championships begins on BBC TWO on Monday 26 June at noon. And radio listeners can tune into BBC Radio Five Live for the full Wimbledon experience every day from SW19.