NTV+ secures volleyball rights

Russian pay TV operator NTV+ has secured the rights to the FIVB Volleyball World Cup to be held in Japan between over the next month.

The operator will cover the women’s championship from August 22 to September 6 and the men’s competition from September 8-23.

The competition will be seen on the Sport Plus channel.

Separately, NTV+ will add four new movie and drama channels to its line-up from September 1, including Sony Sci-Fi and Sony Entertainment TV in the VIP Kino West package, and Sony Turbo and Russian channel World Drama in the Basic West package.