Canada

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has agreed a sublicensing deal with DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, for rights to this year’s Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

The digital division of North American basketball league the NBA has confirmed landmark plans to allow fans to purchase and watch live games in-progress at a reduced price.

North America’s Major League Soccer has signed a wide-ranging streaming partnership with social media company Twitter.

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports-media company Perform, has agreed a carriage deal in Canada for Major League Soccer’s MLS Live out-of-marketing streaming package, while it has also signed a rights partnership with Pac-12 Networks, the content and multi-platform media company for the Pac-12 US college sports conference.

Perform-owned OTT platform DAZN has acquired exclusive Commonwealth Games rights in Canada as it bids to widen its subscriber base by adding more locally-relevant content.

US telco Verizon has agreed a wide-ranging media-rights partnership with the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf).

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights in Canada to the upcoming edition of the Commonwealth Games multi-sport event, which will be held in Gold Coast, Australia.

Football streaming service Fanatiz has reached an agreement with the MP & Silva agency for rights in the US and Canada to the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana club competitions.

World football’s governing body Fifa is reportedly in line for bonuses of $302m (€243.3m) from its North American broadcast partners should it decide to award hosting rights for the 2026 World Cup to the ‘United 2026’ joint proposal from the United States, Canada and Mexico.

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights in a host of markets to boxing’s upcoming world heavyweight unification clash between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker.

Soccer United Marketing, the media and marketing arm of North America’s Major League Soccer, has entered into a strategic partnership with London-based digital media company Copa90.

Toronto Wolfpack, the world’s first transatlantic rugby league club, has launched an OTT platform that will grant fans outside of Canada and the UK live and on-demand access to its games.

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights in Canada to a host of major tournaments operated by the World Snooker sanctioning body.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has renewed its National Hockey League sublicensing deal on more favourable terms, TV Sports Markets understands.

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired exclusive rights in Canada to the Six Nations rugby union tournament.

Canadian multi-lingual media company Telelatino Network (TLN) has agreed a deal with public-service broadcaster CBC for rights to the next two editions of the Olympic Games.