The Australian Open broadcasts the matches of its tennis tournament for free, via its YouTube channel, with a special feature. In fact, the players are replaced by avatars.
Feels like you’re playing a video game. The 2025 Australian Open is broadcasting the matches of its edition this year for free via Youtube. But on the other hand, fans don’t see “real” players, they only see avatars that look like those on the Nintendo Wii.
Indeed, the broadcasting rights belonging to the television channels, the organizers of the first Grand Slam of the season are not able to show the matches. Enough to make fans smile on social networks.
The sequence of this “virtual” poster follows the actual sequence with the real exchanges, movements, etc. Note that after the matches, the matches are rebroadcast in “normal” version. Warming up is also visible “normally”.
On December 25, the NBA broadcast a match between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks with avatars.
