 The BBC has announced its plans for interactive TV, broadband and mobile coverage of the upcoming 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships (note: this year, for the first time, the corporation's entire coverage of the championships will be available in high definition on the BBC HD channel):
- Viewers on the UK's digital TV platforms will be able to press the red button to access a multiscreen app with a choice of up to five live matches (note: when there is coverage on BBC One and BBC Two, viewers on the UK's free-to-air digital terrestrial platform, Freeview, will be offered a choice of up to four matches), plus a highlights service and replays of top matches. Viewers will also be able to switch between commentary and no-commentary options on the live matches, and will be able to access a digital text service that will offer news, results and score updates.
- BBC Online will offer live streaming coverage (bbc.co.uk/tennis) and on-demand highlights. It will also offer live scores, as well as video interviews from the corporation's TV coverage.
- The BBC's online catch-up service, the BBC iPlayer, will offer between two and four full matches every day of the tournament: women's matches will be shown in their entirety, the BBC says, while men's matches will be broken into sets. In addition, the BBC's daily round-up show, "Today At Wimbledon" will be available on-demand through the iPlayer.
- A live text commentary service will be available for mobile phones (also at bbc.co.uk/tennis).
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