BBC could share Wimbledon coverage with pay-TV partner

Only finals weekend has to be on free TV, so could rest of tournament be shown on BT Sport?

Novak Djokovic won the Wimbledon title in 2014
(Image credit: Al Bello/Getty)

Wimbledon could be shown on pay-TV for the first time after the BBC held talks about sharing the rights to the world's most famous tennis tournament.

Covering the event costs the BBC as much as £40m a year and it could look to split the costs with another broadcaster when the current deal comes to an end in 2017, reports The Times.

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