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2013 CEV MEN’S AND WOMEN’S EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Fast, exciting and increasingly popular volleyball appeals to both male and female fans - attracted to the competitive spirit of the game. The CEV European Volleyball Championships benefit from record media coverage as the competition goes from strength to strength.

Key Facts
•    Europe’s best national volleyball teams compete in a biannual tournament

•    Infront markets all forms of media rights including television, internet and mobile worldwide

•    State-of-the-art host broadcast production

•    Extensive media coverage in 2011 with more than 100 countries covered worldwide

Spirit of the sport and the competition
Volleyball is fast, exciting and ever more popular. It receives high levels of media coverage with the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) European Championships premier events taking place biannually.

In 2011, there were 16 teams from Europe’s top volleyball nations competing for the title in the Men’s Championship — the matches took place in Austria and the Czech Republic. The female event followed with 16 teams competing at the CEV Women’s Championship held in Italy and Serbia.

For 2013 Poland and Denmark will host the CEV Men’s European Championships whilst the Women’s event will be held in Switzerland and Germany.

Rights opportunities
Infront's relationship with volleyball started in 1993. Today, the Milan-based subsidiary Infront Italy is responsible for marketing the worldwide multimedia rights of the biannual CEV European Championships.

Media production prospects
Throughout its involvement with the CEV events, Infront has invested in the quality of the television coverage produced by providing a framework for a state-of-the-art host broadcast production. Supervising all aspects of the broadcast in collaboration with the chosen networks in each host country – the production specification includes more than ten cameras in each arena for each game. In addition to filming and transmitting a high-quality signal, Infront supports broadcasters in their unilateral production, transmission as well as commentary facilities and services.

Background appeal
In 2011 the distribution of the media rights for both the Men’s and Women’s Championships were highly successful. Altogether, Infront secured agreements with more than 30 broadcasters reaching over 100 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

Upcoming Events

2013 CEV Men’s European Championships
Gdynia and Gdansk, Poland; Herning, Aarhus, Odense and Copenhagen, Denmark

2013 CEV Women’s European Championships
Switzerland; Germany – sites to be confirmed