VERSUS Will Televise Eleven Events in 2009 LOS ANGELES, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AVP Pro Beach Volleyball today announced a new cable television deal with VERSUS to televise men's and women's finals from eleven of fourteen remaining AVP Crocs Tour events during the 2009 season. The full AVP on VERSUS schedule is listed below. "We are thrilled to partner with VERSUS, the fastest growing sports cable network in the country," said Jason Hodell, CEO, AVP Pro Beach Volleyball. "Our comprehensive schedule on VERSUS gives fans all around the country the ability to tune in to the majority of AVP events." The cable television deal with VERSUS comes on the heels of the network television deal the AVP signed with NBC Sports, who will nationally broadcast AVP Crocs Tour events in Coney Island, Hermosa Beach, Calif. and Chicago. The AVP partnered with Fox Sports Network (FSN), for the cable broadcast of its second AVP Crocs Tour event in Riverside, Calif. "We are always looking to add strong, recognizable sports properties to our already solid line-up of action-packed events," said Marc Fein, Executive Vice President of Programming, Production and Business Operations for VERSUS. "The AVP features world-class athletes and top quality play and we're looking forward to showcasing the intense competition to more than 75 million U.S. homes." The full AVP Crocs Tour schedule on VERSUS is as follows. All programs will be tape delayed. Event Date Time (all times Eastern) AVP San Diego (Calif.) 5/11 5-7 p.m. 5/12 4-6 p.m. AVP Houston (Tex.) 5/24 5-7 p.m. 5/26 5-7 p.m. AVP Huntington Beach Open (Calif.) 5/31 5-7 p.m. 6/2 5-7 p.m. AVP Atlanta (Georgia) 6/6 3-5 p.m. 6/12 5-7 p.m. AVP Ocean City (Maryland) 6/27 4-6 p.m. 7/3 4-6 p.m. AVP Manhattan Beach Open (Calif.) 7/27 11 p.m.-1 a.m. 7/28 5-7 p.m. AVP San Francisco (Calif.) 8/22 3-5 p.m. 8/26 5-7 p.m. AVP Muskegon Open (Mich.) 8/30 3-5 p.m. 9/1 5-7 p.m. AVP Mason (Ohio) 9/13 2-4 p.m. 9/15 5-7 p.m. AVP Las Vegas (Nev.) 9/27 4-6 p.m. 9/29 5-7 p.m. AVP Glendale (Ariz.) 10/4 3-5 p.m. 10/6 5-7 p.m. In addition to network and cable television, fans will be able to catch AVP Crocs Tour events streaming live online at http://www.avp.com/, and participate in a new interactive fantasy game that lets them create their own line-ups and follow the stats of their favorite players at http://fantasy.avp.com/. About AVP, Inc.: AVP, Inc. is a leading lifestyle sports entertainment company focused on the production, marketing and distribution of professional beach volleyball events worldwide. One of the fastest growing entities in the sports world, the AVP operates two of the industry's most prominent national outdoor touring series, the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour (1983) and the AVP Hot Winter Nights Indoor Tour (launched in 2008). The AVP is set to stage more than 35 events throughout the United States in 2009 and features more than 150 of the top men and women competitors in the sport. AVP athletes won both the women's and men's gold medals at the 2008 Games in Beijing, marking the first gold medal sweep by a single country in the history of Olympic Beach Volleyball. AVP is headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. For more information, please visit http://www.avp.com/. About VERSUS: VERSUS celebrates real competition across all platforms (VERSUS.com, VERSUS on Demand and VERSUS HD). Now in more than 75 million homes, the network is the national cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the IndyCar(R) Series as well as best-in-class events such as The Tour de France, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) and Professional Boxing. The network also offers collegiate sports featuring nationally-ranked teams from top conferences such as the Pac-10, Big 12, Mountain West and Ivy League. VERSUS features the best field sports programming on television and is a destination for sports fans, athletes and sportsmen to find exclusive, competitive events and original programs, such as Sports Soup and The Contender, that audiences can't find elsewhere. VERSUS, a wholly owned company of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSANASDAQ:CMCSK), is distributed via cable systems and satellite operators throughout the United States. DATASOURCE: AVP Pro Beach Volleyball CONTACT: Alison Shapiro, Public Relations Manager of AVP Pro Beach Volleyball, +1-310-426-7112, Web Site: http://www.avp.com/

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