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2015 Pro Circuit Rulebook - English

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93 ITF Women's Circuit National Associations will not be required to delay exhibitions made by means of the Television Rights. ITF shall have the exclusive right to exploit the Media Rights in respect of any Cross Border Group of Tournaments. Such exploitation is subject to agreement by each of the relevant National Associations. Upon expiry or termination of any agreement entered into by ITF for the exploitation of such rights, ITF may not renew or replace such agreement without the further agreement of each relevant National Association. ITF shall be free to propose such collective arrangements to each of the National Associations and each National Association may accept or reject such proposals at their discretion. During the Initial Period, ITF shall be exclusively entitled to seek licensees for the right to transmit or make available Live Streaming of the relevant National Association's Own Tournaments for use in connection with the provision of betting and gaming services Each National Association shall retain the right to produce and/or appoint a third party to access its Own Tournaments in order to produce Coverage thereof. Where ITF has concluded any Media Rights arrangement in respect of a Cross Border Group (which will include without limitation any such arrangement for Live Streaming for betting and gaming purposes), and provided that a National Association is producing Coverage to exploit Media Rights in respect of any of its Own Tournaments, the respective National Association shall ensure that the producer of the Coverage, whether a broadcaster, production company or other entity, makes the Coverage available to ITF and/or ITF's licensees, as a Live Signal (if available) at the venue of the relevant Tournament(s) (or other agreed point) and use reasonable efforts to procure that access to the Live Signal is free of charge, subject to payment for transmission of the production feed (uplink and downlink) and/or in the form of tape delay subject to payment of reasonable tape costs. If a National Association is not producing and has not appointed a third party to produce Coverage in respect of any of its Own Tournaments where ITF has concluded a Media Rights arrangement in respect of such Tournament as part of a Cross Border Group (which will include without limitation any such arrangement for Live Streaming for betting and gaming purposes), ITF shall be responsible for producing and/or appointing a third party to access the relevant Tournaments in order to produce Coverage to the extent required for any Media Rights arrangement in respect of such Cross Border Group. In such case, the relevant National Association shall procure reasonable access to the Tournament venues and existing facilities (e.g. parking) for ITF's broadcaster, production company or other entity free of charge save for reimbursement of reasonable, directly attributable and incremental costs incurred by the relevant National Association and any of its Own Tournaments. ITF shall ensure that the producer of the Coverage, whether a broadcaster, production company or other entity, makes the Coverage available to the relevant National Association, as a Live Signal (if available) at the venue of the relevant Tournament(s) (or other agreed point) and use reasonable efforts to procure that access to the Live Signal is free of charge, subject to payment for transmission

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