Canada

Ice Hockey
Media

OTT streaming platform Portable.TV has secured worldwide streaming rights to the Kontinental Hockey League and will show a mixture of highlights and full-length games. Portable
Basketball

Fiba, the world basketball governing body, has grown its footprint in North America by signing a long-term agreement with Canadian pay-television broadcaster Sportsnet
Multiple Sports
Media

Global streaming platform Fanatiz has reached an agreement with pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group covering the Canadian market
Rugby Union

Subscription streaming broadcaster DAZN has extended an agreement in Canada for rights to the men’s and women’s Six Nations rugby union competitions.
Football

OneSoccer, Mediapro’s OTT sports streaming service in Canada, is significantly expanding its reach in the country by debuting as a linear channel on Telus’ Optik TV service. C
Multiple Sports

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has this morning detailed plans to step up the pace and scale of expansion plans for Viaplay by announcing that its streaming service will launch in Canada, German-speaking…
Football
Media

The Canadian arm of the Mediapro rights agency and production group has reached an agreement with fuboTV to include its OneSoccer streaming service on the sports-focused streaming platform
Football

Canada's final qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar will gain a far greater domestic audience after a deal was struck for Sportsnet to simulcast OneSoccer's coverage of the matches on linear…
Football

Sports-focused streaming service and channel aggregator fuboTV has acquired multi-year rights in Canada to Serie A, the top tier of club football in Italy, as well as the Coppa Italia cup competition
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN posted a record pre-tax profit of C$118.6m ($94m/€80.2m) for the 2020 broadcast year, despite the difficulties posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Olympic Games

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has struck an agreement for Amazon Prime Video, the OTT subscription platform of internet retail giant Amazon, to show its coverage of the summer Olympic Games in…
Football

Data and technology company Genius Sports has expanded its association with Canadian football through a new strategic partnership with Mediapro Canada, which manages global and domestic media rights to…
Lacrosse

The National Lacrosse League has secured a landmark Canadian media rights deal with TSN, marking the organization's most comprehensive broadcast partnership in the country in its 35-year history
Horse Racing

Sports streaming service DAZN has agreed a deal with Canadian horse racing venue operator Woodbine Entertainment to show live coverage of a number of thoroughbred races to subscribers in Canada
Ice Hockey

Turner Sports has prevailed in a high-stakes push to land hockey icon Wayne Gretzky as a lead analyst for its forthcoming National Hockey League coverage, according to industry sources and multiple reports,…
Polo

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights to broadcast a monthly polo series in a deal with the United States Polo Association
Tennis

Subscription sports streaming platform DAZN has acquired rights in Canada and Japan to the Ultimate Tennis Showdown
Football

ESPN and LaLiga have finalized a wide-ranging long-term media rights deal that will make streaming service ESPN+ the principal English- and Spanish-language home for Spain's top-flight soccer league in…