Tennis Channel is adding live U.S. Davis Cup coverage to its programming, starting with next month's matches against Roger Federer and Switzerland.
The deal with the U.S. Tennis Association and International Tennis Federation is to be announced Tuesday.
The agreement is for two years, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the groups involved were not going to make the contract terms public.
During the past two years, Versus carried U.S. Davis Cup competition live, and Tennis Channel would then air the matches on tape delay.
Now Tennis Channel becomes the only U.S. TV network carrying the country's Davis Cup matches.
Previously, Tennis Channel had U.S. TV rights for Davis Cup contests involving countries other than the United States, as well as all matches in the Fed Cup, which also is run by the ITF.
The United States, led by Andy Roddick, will host Switzerland, led by 13-time Grand Slam singles champion Federer, in the first round of the 2009 Davis Cup at Birmingham, Ala., on March 6-8.
Tennis Channel, which is in about 25 million homes, is showing part of all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments in 2009 for the first time.