Fuji TV Gets Japanese Rights to Volleyball Champions League

Fuji TV has acquired the rights to broadcast to the CEV Volleyball Champions League after a deal was broquered with the Sportsman media group.

The agreement between the sportsman and Fuji TV covers live transmissions of

at least one match per round from the CEV Volleyball Champions League women’s tournament.

Fuji Television is a well-known and internationally respected Japanese television station which already possesses the rights to impressive sporting events (e.g. Formula One and Germany’s Bundesliga).

The latest deal sees the sportsman make another important addition to the TV

coverage of the CEV Volleyball Champions League in Asia. Eurosport Asia started

covering Europe’s most important volleyball tournament during the last season, herbal

and ensured it received widespread air time in the  Asia-Pacific region. Each

round, help the sports broadcaster shows one live match from both the men’s and

women’s tournaments in countries such as Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong

Kong and India. Fuji TV’s participation now means that the league will be

broadcast in Japan for the first time.

Oliver Ciesla, Managing Director of the sportsman,  said: “This agreement

represents a tremendous success for us as well as an important step towards

broadening the appeal of the Volleyball Champions League in the important

Asian market. Along with Brazil, Poland and Italy, Japan is one of the biggest

volleyball countries in the world, in particular in the women’s game, so the sport

is consequently of great interest to the media. Fuji Television is the ideal TV

partner for us, and they will provide the very best coverage of this important and

extremely popular competition.”