Canada
Fifa confirms record television audience for Women’s World Cup
Fifa, football’s global governing body, has said that the 2015 edition of its Women’s World Cup attracted an all-time record television audience for the national team tournament.
WTA extends and expands Canadian rights deal
French-language Canadian pay-television network TVA Sports has agreed a rights deal covering all WTA women’s tennis tournaments.
Bell broadcasters pick up exclusive Masters rights in Canada
Canadian telecommunications company Bell has announced that its pay-television broadcasters CTV, TSN and RDS have acquired exclusive rights in the country for the Masters golf tournament.
CHL signs extensive partnership with SendtoNews
The Canadian Hockey League, which operates ice hockey competitions in the country, has entered into a partnership with digital sports news agency SendtoNews.
TSN replaces Sportsnet as ATP partner in Canada
Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN has agreed a multi-year deal for rights to the ATP World Tour men’s tennis series.
ATN scores Hockey World League rights in Canada
Canadian broadcast group Asian Television Network has acquired exclusive rights in the country for the 2015 men’s and women’s Hockey World League Finals.
CFL claims first with YouTube partnership
The Canadian Football League competition will stream live coverage of its end-of-season playoffs and Grey Cup finale via video-sharing platform YouTube.
CBC pays small increase to extend IOC partnership
Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC paid a small increase to extend its deal with the International Olympic Committee to cover the 2022 and 2024 Games.
Canadian broadcasters extend Olympic rights deal
Canadian public-service broadcaster the CBC has acquired rights for the 2022 and 2024 Olympic Games in partnership with telecommunications companies Rogers Communications and Bell Media.
Stremlaw takes reins at CBC Sports
Greg Stremlaw has been named as the new head of the CBC Sports division of Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC.
IPC to offer live streaming of Parapan Am Games
The International Paralympic Committee has said it will provide live streaming of the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.
PGA Tour Live set to tee off in five markets
Golf’s PGA Tour has said its new PGA Tour Live digital over-the-top subscription service will launch tomorrow (Thursday) with the United States, Canada, Ireland, Australia and the UK serving as initial customer markets.
Sportsnet acquires Bundesliga rights in Canada
Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet has agreed a sublicensing deal with the Fox Sports division of US network Fox to broadcast coverage of the German Bundesliga in Canada.
ATN retains Pro-Kabaddi League rights
Canadian broadcast group Asian Television Network has acquired exclusive rights for the second season of India’s Pro-Kabaddi League.
CBC commits to more Pan Am Games coverage
Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has committed to showing more coverage of the ongoing 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto after reportedly receiving complaints from some viewers.
BeIN Media Group acquires EHF rights
The beIN Media Group has acquired rights for a number of competitions operated by the European Handball Federation.
TSN and CFL stick together
The Canadian Football League jumped at the chance to guarantee income well into the future by extending its deal with TSN late last month.
Jeffrey Orridge, commissioner, Canadian Football League
Interview with Jeffrey Orridge, new commissioner of the Canadian Football League, about extending its deal with pay-television broadcasters TSN and RDS to 2021.