FIVB puts Brazilian Broadcasting Rights out to Tender

Lausanne, 1 December 2005 – The International Volleyball Federation is pleased to announce that the rights to the 2006 FIVB World Championships have been added to its invitation to tender for the broadcasting rights in Brazil published earlier this month. Interested broadcasters now have just over two weeks to put in their tenders for this offer.

The Federation invited broadcasters to bid for the rights (television and radio) for FIVB Volleyball and Beach Volleyball events for the period of 2006-2010. With the addition of the World Championships in Japan in 2006, the list now includes the following top-level events:

Volleyball
· FIVB World League (2006-2010)
· FIVB World Grand Prix (2006-2010)
· FIVB World Championships 2006 (men and women)
· FIVB 2007 World Cup for men and women
· FIVB 2010 World Championships for men

Beach Volleyball
· FIVB World Tour (2006-2010)
· FIVB men’s and women’s World Championships (2007 and 2009)

Brazilian teams have an unparalleled record in all of the above events. In Volleyball, they are reigning World League, World Grand Prix, World Cup champions, World Champions. This month, the men’s and women’s teams from Brazil also captured the 2005 World Grand Champions Cup in Japan. Brazil also clearly dominates the young and dynamic sport of Beach Volleyball, its teams taking the top 3 men’s slots and the top 2 women’s slots in the 2005 world ranking. The men’s teams won Gold and Silver medals at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, whilst the women’s teams took Silver and Bronze. Brazil’s men’s and women’s teams also took first and second place respectively at the 2005 World Championships.

Given the huge interest for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball among Brazil’s viewing public, this invitation to tender offers an exciting opportunity to secure coverage of all the world’s major international events and reach out to a large audience in one of the sport’s most important markets.

Interested parties may contact the FIVB TV and Marketing Department (itt_brazil@fivb.org) for further information. The closing date is 15 December 2005.