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Though it’s hard to believe someone hadn’t thought of this before the last of the analog bandwidth was consumed, the digital cable-friendly Tennis Channel was unveiled Tuesday for a summer 2002 launch. David Meister, formerly involved with HBO Sports, Sundance Channel and the now-defunct Financial News Network, is Chairman/CEO; rock n’ roll tennis coach and impresario Steve Bellamy has been appointed president.
Funded by investors such as former Viacom moguls Frank Biondi, Tom Dooley and Terry Elkes, the Tennis Channel has no carriage commitments thus far, but is banking on a projected digital cable explosion that could very well see the network in 76 million homes by 2005.
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