CEV and Infront – Partners for 16 years
Infront's relationship with volleyball started in 1993. The Italian subsidiary of the Swiss-based sports marketing group, Infront Italy is responsible for marketing the worldwide media rights of the bi-annual CEV European Championships.
Bi-annual event schedule
In 2009, there were 16 teams from Europe’s top volleyball nations competing for the title in the Men’s Championships — the matches took place in Turkey. The female event followed with 16 teams competing at the CEV Women’s Championships held in Poland.
Austria and the Czech Republic will host the next CEV Men’s European Championship, 9-18 September 2011. Countries that have already qualified include - Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, France, Bulgaria, Russia and Serbia
The next CEV Women’s European Championship is to be held in Serbia and Italy, 22 September – 2 October. Teams qualified so far include – Italy, Serbia, Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Turkey and Russia
Extensive Broadcast Coverage
In 2009 the distribution of the media rights for both the men’s and women’s championships were highly successful. Altogether, Infront secured agreements with almost 50 countries and territories worldwide and was working with up to 30 broadcasters who provided live or near-live transmissions (depending on time zones and broadcaster schedules).
In addition, there were high levels of news interest. Live coverage was available on the Internet through the online gaming entertainment platform bwin.com and LAOLA1.tv in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
State-of-the-art production
During its involvement with the CEV events, Infront has invested in the quality of the television coverage, 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 and upgrading the camera coverage. Now, the production specification includes more than ten cameras in each arena and for each game.
In 2009, the host broadcasting was overseen by Infront and included filming and transmitting a high quality signal, as well as supporting broadcasters in their unilateral production, transmission and commentary facilities and services.
