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.
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How to watch Australian Open 2025 in animated version: Free live stream details for cartoon characters
The 2025 tennis season has kicked ... While the best players in the world have descended upon Melbourne for the major, their 'cartoon characters' have also returned to our screens.
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Why is the Australian Open using cartoon players?
The tennis balls are unusually large, players' heads are out of proportion ... But the scores are spot on. This cartoon is the Australian Open's free-to-watch version of the live action taking ...
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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; they are the undisputed stars of the 2025 Australian Open. Advertisement They are also cartoons. There’s Daniil Medvedev, last year’s finalist ...
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Why is the Australian Open using cartoon players?
Why am I watching cartoon characters? Tennis Australia told BBC Sport the ... the Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys. The players became characters from The Simpsons in a game re-created ...