Canada

Football
Canada

Canada's professional women's football league has been unveiled as the Northern Super League, which will kick off in April 2025 with six founding member clubs during a challenging time for club football in the country.
Basketball
Canada

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is to expand into Canada for the first time in 2026, when Toronto joins as the 14th team
Ice Hockey
Canada

The NHL has its first streaming only deal in Canada after Amazon reached a two-year rights deal with Rogers Communications to air Monday night games.
Ice Hockey
Global

The Professional Women’s Hockey League, the new top-tier women’s league for ice hockey in North America, prioritised exposure in its media rights deals for 2024 as it seeks to develop strong viewership for forthcoming seasons.
Football
Canada

Current and former members of the Canada Soccer board have been hit with a C$40m ($29.6m/€27.4m) lawsuit over approving the 2018 award of a long-term media and sponsorship rights contract to Canada Soccer Business.
American Football
United Kingdom

Record UK viewing figures on Sky Sports for Super Bowl LVIII were among strong performing ratings across a variety of the National Football League’s target international markets.
Football
Canada

Mediapro’s football streaming service OneSoccer looks set to continue offering live coverage of the Canadian Premier League (CPL) during the 2024 season after conciliatory talks were held with Canadian S…
Football
Canada

Mediapro faces a legal claim from Canadian Soccer Business amounting to C$250m ($186m/€172m) over the premature end to the agency’s 10-year contract for the production, broadcast and distribution of Canadian football.
Football
Canada

Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) and the Mediapro Canada agency are locked in a legal dispute that will result in rights to the domestic Canadian Premier League (CPL) and the men's and women's national teams…
Football
Canada

DAZN has retained exclusive Uefa club competition broadcast rights in Canada for another three seasons in a renewed commitment to the market by the subscription streaming broadcaster
Ice Hockey
North America

The Professional Women’s Hockey League secured broadcast deals with TSN and Sporstnet, among others, in North America ahead of its inaugural season, which began yesterday (Monday).
Football
Canada

Bell Media's TSN and RDS have acquired the exclusive media rights to the 2024 Copa América, making all matches available live on TSN, TSN+ and RDS platforms in Canada.
Mixed Martial Arts
Canada

Pay-television broadcasters Sportsnet and TVA Sports have regained English-language and French-language rights, respectively, in Canada to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), while the mixed martial arts promotion has agreed a documentary series deal with US streaming service Roku.
Football
Canada

Broadcast rights are on the market in Canada for Uefa club competitions across the 2024-27 cycle
Cricket
USA

Major League Cricket, which held the final of its inaugural edition last night, opted to seal a five-year media rights deal with Willow TV in the absence of strong competition.
Football
Canada

Subscription streaming broadcaster DAZN will pay a much-increased amount for the rights in Canada to the German Bundesliga, as it seeks to expand its football offering ahead of the North American country’s co-hosting of the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
Netball
Canada

The Netball World Cup has been left without a title sponsor just three weeks out from the start of the tournament, after insurance and investments company Vitality pulled out of its agreement
Multiple Sports
Canada

Sports streaming platform DAZN has upped the price of its monthly subscription package in Canada, from C$24.99 (€17.32/$18.83) to C$29.99.