OREANDA-NEWS. January 16, 2012. VOLIA is pleased to announce the addition from January 1, 2012 of two new popular sports TV-channels "Tennis" and "Basketball", produced by NTV +, where viewers will be able to watch the broadcast of spectacular sporting events and tournaments from around the world.

Eric Franke, CEO of VOLIA, said: "Sports programs will be in the area of our special attention in 2012. At that, after the successful launch of our package of HD-channels, VOLIA is looking into programs both in digital format and in high definition. I should add that strategic sport this year in Ukraine is football. And very soon we will announce to our customers very good news. "

Fans of Tennis now can watch such exciting tournaments as Grand Slam, Masters series, Davis and Federation Cups, thematic programs, master classes with the stars, equipment testing, prognosis and retrospectives, gossips and scandals, and much more. Tennis commentators include such stars as Dmitriev, Metreveli, Kafelnikov, Myskina — a very powerful team which satisfies the most demanding audience.

Basketball lovers can enjoy watching spectacular NBA matches — the strongest basketball league in the world. In addition, basketball fans will watch the World Championships, Basketball Euroleague, matches NCAA, and programs: "High Europe", "NBA Week," "The Shield and the ball," "NBA close by," the 15-minute news blocks of NBA-live and much more.

With the addition of new channels "Tennis" and "Basketball" the range of sports TV-channels in VOLIA packages becomes wider and more diverse, and better meets the increasing demand of Ukrainian audience in sports. The proposed channels cover important tournaments that are loved by mass audience in our country, as well as specialized sports channels: "Football" and "Football +", "Nash Football ", "Sports 1" and "Sport 2", Viasat Sport, ESPN Classic, Extreme Sports Channel, "Russian Extreme", "Continental Hockey League", as well as new channels "Tennis" and "Basketball".

Please note that subscribers of "Ukraina i svit" basic package will now enjoy a new premium sports channel Viasat Sport, which replaced in this package Eurosport channel, and new channels "Tennis" and "Basketball" in the package "Sport" replaced the channel Motors TV and Eurosport 2, after expiration on 31 December 2011 of the corresponding contracts.

In case VOLIA will reach in future a new agreement with Eurosport on acceptable terms, the cooperation will continue.