American Football: Canadian commercial broadcaster CTV and cable sports broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet acquired the Canadian rights to NFL football for the three years from 2008 to 2010, paying a combined C$15m per season (£7m/€10.3m). CTV will broadcast early afternoon Sunday regular season and playoff matches, as well as the Super Bowl, while Rogers will show the later games. The rights had previously been held for the past 25 years by rival commercial network CanWest Global, paying between C$8m and C$10m.
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