Long-time Japanese NFL broadcaster NTV will for the first time be on-site to broadcast the Pro Bowl from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on Saturday, February 9.

The NFL’s annual All-Star game features the 43 top players from the American and National Football Conferences

The game kicks off at 11:30 a.m. in Honolulu, 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning in Tokyo.

‘We are very excited to be on-site at the Pro Bowl,’ says NTV Executive Producer MASANORI MATSUBARA (check title). ‘We are looking forward to bringing all the excitement generated by the NFL’s best players to the fans in Japan.’

Also in Honolulu will be the staff and talent of Club T, NTV’s weekly football magazine program. Club T broadcasts an original program 52 weeks per year, the only show of its kind in the world.

NTV, Nippon Television Corporation, is Japan’s top-rated commercial television broadcast network for eight years running. NTV is the oldest TV station in Japan and began operations in 1953.

NTV has been broadcasting NFL games since 1989 and will also be on-site for a live broadcast of Super Bowl XXXVI on Sunday, February 3 from the Louisiana Superdome.

An additional 23 international broadcasters will televise the Pro Bowl, including Japan’s Gaora, NHK and Sky PerfecTV.

For further information please contact:

National Football League
T: +1 (212) 450-2000
F: +1 (212) 681-7573
W: www.NFLMedia.com
Joe Browne – Senior Vice President-Communications
Greg Aiello – Vice President-Public Relations