NBC, NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra will combine to broadcast every AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour men’s and women’s final this season, from May through September.
The AVP is the U.S. beach volleyball circuit, featuring three-time Olympic champion Kerri Walsh Jennings and 2012 Olympic silver medalist April Ross and two-time Olympians Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal.
Coverage will begin with the season-opening New Orleans Open on Memorial Day weekend (full AVP schedule here). NBC will air 10 hours this season, with 7.5 on NBCSN. NBC Sports Live Extra will also stream the action. Universal Sports will air select encore presentations.
NBC and NBCSN will also feature the finals and early-round coverage of an AVP-run tournament on the international FIVB Beach Volleyball Tour within the United States.
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