The Australian Open’s animated tennis players: A YouTube sensation and the future of sports media
A YouTube stream of the Australian Open has gone viral for its glitches, but it's also a sign of the future of sports media.
BBC23d
Why is the Australian Open using cartoon players?
The Australian Open's official YouTube channel 'live' option brings up a choice of ongoing matches to watch ... Why am I watching cartoon characters? Tennis Australia told BBC Sport the aim ...
Sporting News22d
How to watch Australian Open 2025 in animated version: Free live stream details for cartoon characters
The 2025 tennis season ... their 'cartoon characters' have also returned to our screens. Like last year, fans have the option of watching select matches in an animated form. MORE: Australian ...
The New Zealand Herald23d
Australian Open streams cartoon matches to bypass broadcast rules
The Australian Open has depicted their Novak Djokovic as a cartoon to hack broadcasting ... so they’re live-streaming a Wii Tennis-like version of the matches on YouTube - love this.” ...
The New York Times15d
The Australian Open’s cartoon tennis players: AO Animated, YouTube and the future of sports media
They are the best tennis players in the world ... a player takes to the service line to start the match, the footage dissolves into the cartoon world. It’s like a reverse Wizard of Oz and ...
BBC23d
Why is the Australian Open using cartoon players?
The tennis balls are unusually large ... But the scores are spot on. This cartoon is the Australian Open's free-to-watch version of the live action taking place at Melbourne Park.