After 46 years starting with the 2015 tournament, CBS will no longer broadcast the U.S. Open tennis tournament after the club signed an 11-year $285 million agreement with The Walt Disney Company, which is the parent company of ABC and ESPN. CBS's U.S. Open coverage which will continue after the 2014 tournament wasn't able to get a new deal made with ESPN, so instead was outbid by the Disney-owned sports company and will air all of them exclusivity starting in 2015.
ESPN has carry the U.S. Open since 2009 on sister channel ESPN2 after acquiring the cable rights from USA Network following the 2008 tournament, with the new deal on Thursday, all of the matches from New York City will be seen on ESPN2, WatchESPN and their parent network ESPN.
2014 will the end of the 46-year relationship between CBS and the U.S. Open dating back to 1968, CBS will continue to broadcast the Sony Ericsson Open.
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