Canada

Football

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.

Football

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.

Boxing

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.

Football

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.

Rugby League

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.

Snooker

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.

Ice Hockey

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

Rugby Union

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

Olympic Games

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.

Ice Hockey

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has sealed a sublicensing deal with Rogers Media to continue showing the Hockey Night in Canada programme and the Stanley Cup playoffs – the conclusion of the NHL North American ice hockey season.

Basketball

The G League, the NBA basketball league’s developmental competition, has agreed a streaming deal with social video platform Twitch.

Rugby Union

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has agreed a multi-year rights partnership with the Rugby Canada national governing body.

Paralympics

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has renewed its rights partnership with the Canadian Paralympic Committee ahead of the 2018 winter Games in Pyeongchang, Korea.

Basketball

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has agreed a rights deal with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

Football

Uefa is hoping the improved fees and ratings secured by Major League Soccer in Canada indicate a rising tide of football interest that will lift the value of its Champions League and Europa League rights, which went on sale last month.

Basketball

DraftKings has expanded a partnership with Euroleague Basketball that will allow the daily fantasy sports operator to stream live coverage of the body's EuroLeague tournament.

American Football

Canadian entertainment and media company Cineplex has claimed a first through a partnership with the NFL American football league that will result in games being broadcast live in cinemas throughout Canada.

Baseball

Bob Bowman, president of business and media at North America’s Major League Baseball, is to step down from the role when his contract expires next month.