League One Volleyball (LOVB), which begins its inaugural professional season in 2025, introduced Thursday that it has entered into an settlement with ESPN to current a few of its professional matches throughout its linear networks and digital platforms.
In line with LOVB, ESPN platforms will present 10 LOVB matches throughout its linear networks when the season begins in January 2025. Eighteen of LOVB’s matches can even stream on ESPN+.
LOVB didn’t say on which retailers different matches will likely be proven.
“LOVB has set out on an formidable path to develop volleyball into the subsequent main American sports activities league, and we couldn’t consider a greater media firm to have on this journey than ESPN,” Rosie Spaulding, COO of LOVB Professional, mentioned in a information launch.
“With the championship-caliber of our athletes and the extent of their play, we imagine the game {of professional} volleyball will seize the eye and pleasure of sports activities followers throughout the USA, and we will’t wait to work with ESPN to introduce the subsequent era of famous person athletes and every part the game has to supply to in the present day’s passionate followers and tomorrow’s new ones.”
Added Daniel Margulis, senior director of programming and acquisitions at ESPN, in the identical information launch:
“As our protection of collegiate volleyball continues to evolve, LOVB supplies an amazing skilled complement for these athletes and others to proceed their careers and our protection of each them and the game. We really feel their progress mannequin is a superb one and are excited to associate with this nice group.”
There will likely be LOVB Professional groups in Austin, Atlanta, Houston, Madison, Omaha and Salt Lake. Value noting is that there are already Professional Volleyball Federation groups in Atlanta and Omaha. PVF is ending its first season this month.
For extra details about LOVB: www.LOVB.com.