Sport1 scoops up volleyball rights

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the domestic men’s volleyball Bundesliga top division.

Sport1 will show live coverage of up to seven games during the 2017-18 regular season on free-to-air television in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

The broadcaster already has rights for the top division of women’s volleyball in Germany.

The rights were acquired through a sublicensing deal with DOSB New Media, an entity operated by the German National Olympic Committee (DOSB), which operates the Sportdeutschland.tv online-streaming platform.

Sportdeutschland.tv will show live and on-demand coverage of the Bundesliga online.

Sport1 will show the games on Wednesday evenings.