Los Angeles and New York – March 22, 2012 – Universal Sports Network and the NBC Sports Network will continue their joint presentation of the 2011-12 HSBC Sevens World Series with six hours of coverage from Hong Kong. During the sixth stop of the World Series, bothnetworks’ coverage will include several full matches during the two-hour telecasts along with highlights from the entire tournament. In addition, UniversalSports.com will provide live streaming of the event for $4.99 or the full season’s offerings for $29.99.

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Coverage begins Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. On Sunday, Universal Sports Network begins coverage at 12:30 p.m. ET, followed by the NBC Sports Network at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Both networks’ match coverage will feature play-by-play announcer Bill Seward alongside analyst Brian Hightower, former USA Sevens captain.

The Sevens matches will showcase teams from 24 nations, including the current series top five of New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa, England and Samoa, as well as other top tier nations including Australia, France and Wales, 13^th ranked United States and host country Hong Kong.

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Universal Sports and NBCSports Network Schedule

Date                            Time (ET)                  Location                     Network

March 24                     6:30-8:30 p.m.             Hong Kong                 NBC Sports Network

March 25                     12:30-2:30 p.m.           Hong Kong                 Universal Sports Network

March 25                     2:30-4:30 p.m.             Hong Kong                 NBC Sports Network

April 1                         8:30-10:30 p.m.           Japan                           Universal Sports Network

April 1                         10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Japan                           NBC Sports Network

May 6                          2-4 p.m.                       Scotland                      Universal Sports Network

May 6                          4-6 p.m.                       Scotland                      NBC Sports Network

May 13                        10 p.m.-12 a.m.           England                       Universal Sports Network

May 13                        12-2 a.m.                     England                       NBC Sports Network

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