SportsEngine Play to Stream Nearly 100 Hype Nation Volleyball Tournaments in 2026 Spanning 50 Cities and 24 States
STAMFORD, Conn. – December 1, 2025 – SportsEngine Play, the first-of-its-kind youth and amateur sports streaming platform, has announced a multi-year streaming rights partnership with The Hype Nation Volleyball Network, a top youth volleyball tournament organizer.
SportsEngine Play will serve as the official streaming partner for Hype Nation’s high-profile youth volleyball tournaments across the country, which will total nearly 100 events in 2026 spanning 50 cities and 24 states. In addition, SportsEngine’s AES platform will be the primary provider of registration and scheduling for all Hype Nation Volleyball events, which include Hype Nation Volleyball, Level 12 Sports, Showtime Events, and Vette City Events.
“SportsEngine Play is thrilled to partner with Hype Nation to stream over 20,000 matches so families, fans, and players never miss a moment,” said Nick Busto, VP of Video Operations, SportsEngine Play. “This progression in our partnership with Sports Facilities Companies to add streaming rights to the existing installation of cameras in facilities sets the standard for the future of live streaming in youth sports.”
“The Hype Nation Network could not be more excited to be partnering with SportsEngine Play as our Official Streaming Provider,” said Justin Trout, Director, Hype Nation Volleyball. “They bring an outstanding platform that is going to considerably expand the accessibility of our tournaments, making our events easier to enjoy for families across the country. This is another tremendous value that we’re proud to bring to our guests & we’re very eager to see SportsEngine Play expand the reach of our events.”
Numerous events will take place at venues around the country operated by the Sports Facilities Companies, the nation’s leading operating partners for sports, recreation, and event facilities. Sports Facilities Companies are a partner of both Hype Nation and SportsEngine Play. This agreement marks the latest in the collaboration between SportsEngine Play and Sports Facilities Companies. Since 2024 SportsEngine Play has installed cameras to cover nearly 250 playing surfaces in SFC facilities. Streaming rights and event coverage are the next frontier as SportsEngine Play’s camera network expands and SFC begins working closer with events.
SportsEngine Play is the streaming arm of SportsEngine, the industry leader in youth sports club, league, tournament and team management technology, and youth sports editorial content. SportsEngine is part of the robust digital business portfolio of VERSANT, Comcast Corporation’s planned spin-off which will be a leading independent publicly traded media company comprised of most of NBCUniversal’s cable assets and complementary digital businesses.
About SportsEngine Play
The streaming arm of SportsEngine, an industry leader in youth sports club, league and team management technology and youth sports editorial content, SportsEngine Play launched in October 2023 as the first-of-its-kind subscription streaming service for amateur sports, connecting millions of families and fans with events, games and tournaments featuring young athletes. The platform serves a constantly growing list of more than 10,000 facilities, including preeminent competition venues like LakePoint Sports, Arizona Athletic Grounds, Homefield, and Emerald Acres Sports Connection. Also serving sports organizations, tournaments and teams, the platform gives these organizations and individuals, including sports families, the ability to capture and stream video of sports events on just about any device – from sophisticated AI cameras mounted at sporting venues to personal smartphones, and features editing tools for reel and highlight creation. SportsEngine Play also is constantly adding new competitive content through the acquisition of streaming rights to elite amateur sports that will entertain and inspire.
About Hype Nation
Hype Nation offers events curated at bringing teams together from different cities and states, from across the country. By doing this, we bring a new light to competition so players see what the best of the best are doing to increase sophisticated game-play and be better. Hype Nation is powered by the Sports Facilities Companies and the SF Network, the industry’s largest and fastest growing network of sports tourism and recreation facilities, events, talent, and vendors.
About VERSANT
VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT), Comcast Corporation’s planned spin-off, will be a leading independent publicly traded media company comprised of most of NBCUniversal’s cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MS NOW, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel, along with digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed in early 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.
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