Editing Wimbledon Championships (section)

====Americas====
In the United States, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] began showing taped highlights of the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Final in the 1960s on its ''[[Wide World of Sports (U.S. TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]'' series. [[NBC]] began a 43-year run of covering Wimbledon in 1969, with same-day taped (and often edited) coverage of the Gentlemen's Singles Final. In 1979, the network began carrying the Gentlemen's Singles Final live, and in 1982, the Ladies' Singles Final. For the next few decades, NBC aired "Breakfast at Wimbledon" specials on weekends.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcsports.com/our-history#decade_5|title=NBC Sports establishes "Breakfast at Wimbledon"|website=NBC Sports History Page|access-date=6 August 2017|archive-date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806140431/http://www.nbcsports.com/our-history#decade_5|url-status=live}}</ref> Live coverage started early in the morning (the US being a minimum of 5 hours behind the UK) and continued well into the afternoon, interspersed with commentary and interviews from [[Bud Collins]]. Collins was sacked by NBC in 2007, but was promptly hired by [[ESPN]], the cable home for The Championships in the States. For many years NBC's primary Wimbledon host was veteran broadcaster [[Dick Enberg]].

From 1975 to 1999, premium channel [[HBO]] carried weekday coverage of Wimbledon. Hosts included [[Jim Lampley]], [[Billie Jean King]], [[Martina Navratilova]], [[John Lloyd (tennis)|John Lloyd]] and [[Barry MacKay (tennis)|Barry MacKay]] among others.<ref>HBO Guides, program schedules, 1975 to 1999</ref> [[ESPN]] took over as the cable-television partner in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=ESPN, Wimbledon come to terms |url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2003/04/14/ESPN-Wimbledon-come-to-terms/27281050341777/ |work=UPI |access-date=12 July 2019 |archive-date=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712175032/https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2003/04/14/ESPN-Wimbledon-come-to-terms/27281050341777/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The AELTC grew frustrated with NBC's policy of waiting to begin its quarterfinal and semifinal coverage until after the conclusion of ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'' at 10 a.m. local, as well as broadcasting live only to the [[Eastern Time Zone]] and using [[broadcast delay|tape-delay]] in all others. NBC also held over high-profile matches for delayed broadcast in its window, regardless of any ongoing matches. In one notorious incident in [[2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2009]], ESPN2's coverage of the [[Tommy Haas]]–[[Novak Djokovic]] quarterfinal was forced off the air nationwide when it ran past 10 a.m. Eastern, after which NBC showed the conclusion of the match on tape only after presenting the previous [[Ivo Karlović]]–[[Roger Federer]] quarterfinal in full.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Why Wimbledon Switched to ESPN From NBC |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/sports/tennis/why-wimbledon-switched-to-espn-from-nbc.html |work=The New York Times |date=5 July 2011 |access-date=12 July 2019 |archive-date=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712175028/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/sports/tennis/why-wimbledon-switched-to-espn-from-nbc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Beginning with the 2012 tournament, coverage moved to ESPN and [[ESPN2]], marking the second major tennis championship (after the Australian Open) where live coverage is exclusively on pay television, while [[ESPN Deportes]] provides coverage in Spanish. The Finals are also broadcast tape-delayed on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/espn-reaches-deal-to-carry-wimbledon/ | work=The New York Times | first=Richard | last=Sandomir | title=ESPN Reaches Deal to Carry Wimbledon | date=3 July 2011 | access-date=4 July 2011 | archive-date=6 July 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706071938/http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/espn-reaches-deal-to-carry-wimbledon/ | url-status=live }}</ref> On 9 July 2021, ESPN and the AELTC reached an agreement to extend ESPN's coverage for 12 years, beginning 2024 until 2035. This agreement included live coverage of the middle weekend on ABC starting in 2022, following the announcement that play would occur on the middle Sunday, historically a rest day.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 July 2021|title=ESPN, AELTC Sign 12-Year Agreement to Extend Exclusive Relationship for The Championships, Wimbledon through 2035|url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2021/07/espn-aeltc-sign-12-year-agreement-to-extend-exclusive-relationship-for-the-championships-wimbledon-through-2035/|access-date=10 July 2021|website=ESPN Press Room U.S.|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710060118/https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2021/07/espn-aeltc-sign-12-year-agreement-to-extend-exclusive-relationship-for-the-championships-wimbledon-through-2035/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Taped coverage using the world feed is aired in primetime and overnights on [[Tennis Channel]] and is branded ''Wimbledon Primetime''.

In Canada, coverage of Wimbledon is exclusively carried by [[The Sports Network|TSN]] and [[RDS Info|RDS]], which are co-owned by Bell Media and ESPN. Prior to 2012, [[CBC Television]] and [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|SRC]] were the primary broadcaster of Wimbledon for Canada, and its live coverage of the tournament predated "Breakfast at Wimbledon" by over a decade, Canada being at least four hours from its fellow [[Commonwealth realms|Commonwealth realm]].

In Mexico, the [[Televisa]] family of networks has aired Wimbledon since the early 1960s.  Presently, most weekend matches are broadcast through [[Canal 5 (Televisa Network)|Canal 5]] with the weekday matches broadcast on the [[Televisa Deportes Network]].  As Mexico is six hours behind the U.K., some Canal 5 affiliates air the weekend matches as the first program of the day after [[sign-on]].  Although Mexico had begun broadcasting in colour in 1962, Wimbledon continued to air in black and white in Mexico until colour television came to the United Kingdom in 1967.

In most of the remainder of Latin America, Wimbledon airs on [[ESPN Latin America|ESPN]], as do the other Grand Slam tournaments. In Brazil, [[SporTV]] has exclusive rights to the broadcast.