Sports television broadcast contracts

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Television Broadcast rights to selected major sports and sporting events around the world. (Covers broadcast by Terrestrial, Cable and Satellite Television):

See also: Broadcasting of sports events

Contents

[edit] Australia

[edit] American Football (Gridiron)

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Australian Rules Football


* Matches are shown on channel 518, promoted as Fox Sports Plus.
^ Matches are shown occasionally on channel 518, depends on who is playing.

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Commonwealth Games

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Football (Soccer)

[edit] Leagues

[edit] Domestic Cups

[edit] International Club Competitions

[edit] Club Channel Coverage

[edit] International Matches

[edit] International Tournaments

[edit] Other

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse-racing

[edit] Ironman(Surf lifesaving)

[edit] Lacrosse

[edit] Motor Racing

[edit] Netball

[edit] Olympics

[edit] Rugby League

* Matches are shown late at night in other states.

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Ten-pin bowling

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Winter Sports

[edit] Volley Ball

[edit] Belgium

Flemish speaking part (Northern Belgium)

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Cyclo-cross

[edit] Football (Soccer)

[edit] Leagues

[edit] Domestic Cups

[edit] International Club Competitions

[edit] International Matches

[edit] International Tournaments

[edit] Motor Racing

[edit] Olympics

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Auto Racing

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Golf

[edit] American Football

[edit] Handball

  • Handball World Championship: ESPN Brasil
  • Liga Petrobras: ESPN Brasil
  • São Paulo State Championship: ESPN Brasil

[edit] Horse Racing

[edit] Motorcycle Racing

[edit] Olympic Games

[edit] Rugby

[edit] Soccer

[edit] Brazilian Competitions

[edit] American Competitions

[edit] European Continental Competitions

[edit] European National Leagues

[edit] European National Cups

[edit] FIFA Competitions

[edit] Polo

  • Argentine Open Championship: ESPN (highlights)

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Canada

[edit] Baseball

Major League Baseball

RSN: Most Toronto Blue Jays games air on Sportsnet Ontario - many of these games air across the network, Seattle Mariners games air on Sportsnet Pacific, assorted games air on an individual basis on each of the several Sportsnet channels

The All Star Game, Division Series, League Championship Series, and World Series are televised exclusively on RSN (although the local FOX affiliate carried on cable and satellite also shows these games with American ads).

TSN and CBC: Approximately 20 Blue Jays games each.

[edit] Basketball

National Basketball Association

Raptors NBA TV, RSN, The Score, and TSN broadcast Toronto Raptors games, plus select NBA games not involving the Raptors

NBA Playoffs air on all three networks; the NBA Finals are televised by TSN (although virtually every viewer who gets TSN also gets ABC on their TV package)

NCAA The Score air mosts of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Some regular-season and conference-tournament games air on The Score. Some cable systems offer packages of college games that air on ESPN or syndication in the U.S.

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Curling

[edit] Football

Canadian Football League

  • TSN - all games including playoffs and Grey Cup
  • RDS - all Montreal games in French, plus other selected regular season games, playoffs, and Grey Cup.

National Football League

  • CTV - Sunday "early" (1:00 p.m. ET) games, all playoff games, and the Super Bowl; games can also theoretically air on TSN
  • TSN - all primetime regular-season games (from NBC, ESPN, NFLN)
  • Rogers Sportsnet - Sunday "late" (4:05 / 4:15 p.m. ET) games, plus Thanksgiving afternoon games and the Pro Bowl
    • Rogers-owned OMNI.2 in southern Ontario, as well as Citytv Vancouver, will also carry Sunday late games, different from those carried by the local Sportsnet feed. This does not presently apply to OMNI and Citytv stations elsewhere.
  • RDS / RIS - exclusive French-language rights. Presently RDS carries selected Sunday afternoon games (mainly towards the end of the season) and the playoffs, and RIS carries Monday night games.

The contract held by Global (including CH and selected local stations sub-contracted by Global) as primary rightsholder for non-cable games expired at the end of the 2006 season.

NBC, CBS, and Fox are available in Canada, as is NFL Sunday Ticket. NFL Network is also available, but its games are blacked out in Canada in deference to TSN.

U.S. College football

Some NCAA games air on The Score. Bowl games are split between TSN and The Score. Some cable systems offer packages of college games that air on ESPN or syndication in the U.S.

[edit] Golf

  • TSN carries coverage of The Masters (first two rounds live, final two rounds on tape delay), the U.S. Open, The Open Championship, and the PGA Championship, as well as selected other R&A, USGA and PGA of America events. It also carries a limited schedule of PGA Tour coverage (including the early rounds of the Canadian Open, sub-licensed from The Golf Channel).
  • Global carries live weekend coverage of The Masters. E! airs the weekend rounds of most PGA Tour events carried by U.S. network television. (In markets where E! is not widely available, some local Global stations carry the final round only.)
  • The Golf Channel (based in the U.S. but available in much of Canada on digital cable/satellite) carries early-round coverage of all PGA Tour events (i.e. not the majors) and four-round coverage of some late-season tournaments. This coverage was carried on TSN prior to 2007.

[edit] Hockey

[edit] National Hockey League

National broadcast rights:

  • CBC (Hockey Night in Canada) until 2014
    • Regular season: Exclusive rights to Saturday broadcasts (including Saturday night doubleheader and selected Saturday afternoon games), occasional weeknight games
    • Playoffs: Stanley Cup Finals; all games involving Canadian teams and (in some cases) selected games with two American teams
  • TSN (NHL on TSN)
    • Regular season: most national weeknight and Sunday games
    • Playoffs: First choice of playoff games with two American teams (excluding the finals); may include Saturday games
  • NHL Network: Selected regular season games with two U.S. teams, plus live look-ins of regional games
  • RDS / RIS: Exclusive French-language rights to NHL games (normally airing all Montreal games, selected Ottawa contests, and several playoff games)
  • NHL Centre Ice: pay-per-view package available via various cable / satellite providers

Current contract for national English-language NHL broadcasts expires at the end of the 2007–08 season. New contracts in effect as of 2008–09 will allow for additional weeknight games on CBC, limits on the number of CBC regular-season broadcasts featuring a single team, and (pending finalization of TSN contract) playoff games involving Canadian teams on TSN.

Canadian teams also contract with local or regional broadcasters for selected regular season games not covered by the national contracts:

[edit] Canadian Hockey League

Rogers Sportsnet airs the Memorial Cup tournament and selected other games from across the CHL's member leagues. Many regular-season games are aired locally by the applicable cable community channels.

[edit] Other events

[edit] Motor Racing

[edit] Soccer

Major League Soccer

Note: Some games on Rogers Sportsnet are aired nationally, while others are only shown on Rogers Sportsnet Ontario.

Other Soccer

[edit] Tennis

[edit] University sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

  • The Score Broadcasts the Vanier Cup and national semifinals, men's national university basketball championship and OUA football games.
  • Rogers SportsNet Broadcasts regional games for the Canada West Universities Athletics Association
  • Réseau des sports Broadcasts Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference games, bowl games and the Vanier Cup in French, mainly in Quebec.
  • Eastlink Broadcasts Atlantic University Football, basketball and hockey games throughout the Maritime provinces via cable.

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Skiing

[edit] Olympics

[edit] Latin America

[edit] Auto Racing

Formula One

Other auto racing series

[edit] Baseball

Major League Baseball

Other baseball

[edit] Basketball

National Basketball Association

  • ESPN: Wednesday and Friday night games; NBA Playoffs
(New agreement beginning in 2008–09) Two regular season games per week (Wednesday and Friday night) with an additional 12 Wednesday night games and select NBA playoffs. NBA Finals and All-Star Game (Caribbean only).
  • Canal 7 Argentina: One Sunday game; NBA Finals and All-Star Game
  • TVC Mexico: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday game; All-Star Weekend; playoffs and NBA Finals


FIBA events

Other basketball

[edit] Field Hockey

[edit] Golf

[edit] Gridiron Football

National Football League

  • ESPN: Sunday Night Football; Monday Night Football; Wild Card Saturday; AFC playoff games; Super Bowls XLIII (2009), XLIV (2010) and XLVI (2012); Pro Bowl
  • Fox Sports North Cone: Two Sunday afternoon games; Two Thanksgiving day games; Sunday Wild Card games; NFC playoff games; Super Bowls XLIV (2010) and XLV (2011)
  • Fox Sports South Cone: One Sunday afternoon game (delayed); One Sunday Wild Card game (delayed); One NFC divisional playoff game (delayed); NFC Championship game; Super Bowls XLIV (2010) and XLV (2011)
  • DirecTV: Sunday Ticket games

College Football Bowl games

  • Fox Sports North Cone: Cotton, Orange, Fiesta and Sugar Bowls (2007–2010); BCS National Championship Game (2007–2009)
  • ESPN: Rose Bowl; BCS National Championship Game (2010)

Arena Football League

[edit] Handball

[edit] Horse Racing

[edit] Motorcycle Racing

[edit] Rugby

[edit] Soccer/Association Football

UEFA Champions League

  • ESPN: Group stage; First Knockout Round; Quarter-finals; Semi-finals; Final
  • ESPN Dos/ESPN+: Qualifying round; Group stage; First Knockout Round; Quarter-finals
ESPN networks has exclusive rights for Tuesday matches.

UEFA Cup

  • ESPN: Quarter-finals; Semi-finals; Final
  • ESPN Dos/ESPN+: Qualifying round; Group stage; Round of 32; Round of 16; Quarter-finals
  • TyC Sports: Select games of early rounds

UEFA Super Cup

European Leagues

ESPN networks has exclusive rights in Argentina and Mexico.

European Cups

Copa Libertadores

Primera División Argentina

  • TyC Sports: Friday night doubleheader; Saturday night doubleheader; Saturday afternoon game (except Argentina); Sunday afternoon game; Sunday night game (North and Central America only); Two delayed games (except Argentina); Primera B Nacional; Primera B Metropolitana; Highlights show (Argentina only, except Buenos Aires)
  • TyC Max: Sunday tripleheader including Game of the week; Saturday doubleheader.
  • Fox Sports: Game of the week (except Argentina); Sunday night game (South Cone only, except Argentina); Fútbol de Primera (highlights show, except Argentina)
  • Canal 13: Fútbol de Primera

Primera División de México

  • Sky México: Monterrey, Tigres, Atlas, Guadalajara, San Luis and Necaxa home games
  • Televisa/TV Azteca: Saturday and Sunday games (note: networks contract to individual teams)
  • Fox Sports: One Saturday game (South Cone only); InterLiga

Other Soccer

[edit] Softball

[edit] Polo

Argentine Open Championship

  • ESPN+: Final; delayed games
  • ESPN: Highlights

Tortuguitas Open Championship

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] United Kingdom

Certain sporting events are protected by the ITC Code on Sports and Other Listed Events and may only be broadcast live in the UK on terrestrial television.

[edit] Football related

(From August 2009 to 2012 Tuesday nights games all on Sky Sports) (Wednesday 1st pick game on ITV, all other Wednesday games on Sky Sports)

[edit] Multi-disciplines events

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

[edit] Rugby League

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Horse Racing

[edit] Motor Sport

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Snooker

[edit] Darts

[edit] Cycling

[edit] American Football

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Ice Hockey

[edit] Bowls

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Lacrosse

[edit] Canadian Football

[edit] Australian Rules Football

[edit] France

[edit] Football

[edit] Multi-disciplines events

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse Racing

[edit] Ice Hockey

[edit] Lacrosse

[edit] American Football

[edit] Motor racing

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Rugby League

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Germany

[edit] Football

[edit] American Football

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Golf

[edit] Handball

[edit] Ice Hockey

[edit] Lacrosse

[edit] Motor racing

[edit] Multi-discipline events

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Winter Sports

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Israel

[edit] Football

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Multi-discipline events

[edit] Motor racing

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Baseball

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[edit] Italy

[edit] Football

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Fencing

  • World Fencing Championships: RAI

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

  • Prix d'Amerique: RAI

[edit] Multi-discipline events

[edit] Motor Racing

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Skiing

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Japan

[edit] American Football

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Football

[edit] Golf

[edit] Judo

[edit] Motor Racing

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Montenegro

[edit] Football (Soccer)

[edit] Leagues

[edit] Domestic Cups

[edit] International Club Competitions

[edit] Club Channel Coverage

[edit] International Matches

[edit] International Tournaments

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Motorsports

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Handball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Snooker

[edit] Curling

[edit] American Football

[edit] Rugby

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Figure Skating

[edit] Skiing

Both men and women :Eurosport

[edit] Olympic Games

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] Football

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Golf

[edit] Lacrosse

[edit] Motor racing

[edit] Multi-discipline events

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Romania

[edit] Football

(From August 2009 to 2012 Tuesday and Wednesday 1st pick game on TVR 1, all other Tuesday and Wednesday games on Boom Sport)

(From August 2009 to 2012 Pro TV and Sport.ro (CME)

(From July 2008 to 2011 all games will be broadcast by Antena 1 and RCS & RDS on Antena 1 and the channels which will be launched in this summer)

[edit] Multi-disciplines events

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Handball

[edit] Motor sport

[edit] Snooker

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Ice Hockey

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Russia

[edit] Football

[edit] American Football

[edit] Golf

[edit] Lacrosse

[edit] Motor Racing

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Serbia

[edit] Football

[edit] Leagues

[edit] Cups

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Spain

[edit] Football

[edit] Multi-discipline events

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Golf

[edit] Handball

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Horse Racing

[edit] Ice Hockey

[edit] Motorsport

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] United States

[edit] Baseball

Major League Baseball

  • FOX: 26 Saturday afternoon games; All-Star Game; one League Championship Series*; World Series
  • TBS: 26 Sunday afternoon games; regular-season tiebreak games, if needed; Division Series games; one League Championship Series*
  • TNT: Division series games not aired on sister network TBS
  • ESPN: Sunday night games and two additional games per week; Opening Day games

Additionally, local or regional broadcasters contract with the MLB team in their area for the right to broadcast a number of regular season games locally. These broadcasters can be traditional over-the-air television stations as well as regional cable sports channels. The Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox air some of their games on WGN-TV, which has become a superstation, so those games are available nationwide. (A similar arrangement with the Atlanta Braves and TBS expired following the 2007 season.)

Source: MLB Press Release [3]

[edit] Basketball

National Basketball Association

  • ABC: national broadcast contract (Sunday games); NBA Finals until 2016
  • TNT: Thursday night doubleheader; All-Star Game; Eastern Conference Finals until 2016
  • ESPN: Wednesday night game and Friday night doubleheader; Western Conference Finals until 2016
  • NBA TV, MOJO HD: Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday night games until 2016

Additionally, local or regional broadcasters contract with the NBA team in their area for the right to broadcast a number of regular season games locally. These broadcasters can be traditional over-the-air television stations as well as regional cable sports channels. WGN, a Chicago-based superstation, broadcasts a limited number of Chicago Bulls regular season games on their national feed, fewer than they provide locally. If ESPN chooses to opt out of airing all of the games on their night, NBA TV airs a game in its place. Games in the first two rounds of the playoffs can be aired by regional broadcasters, unless the national broadcaster has exclusive rights. Games in the first round not selected by national broadcasters are usually broadcast by NBA TV.

Women's National Basketball Association

  • ABC: national broadcast contract (Saturday games) until 2016
  • ESPN2: selected weeknight games, playoffs, and WNBA Finals until 2016

NCAA Basketball

International Basketball

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Football (American)

National Football League

See also: NFL on television
  • CBS: American Football Conference Sunday afternoon games; 1 Thanksgiving Day game; four AFC playoff games; Super Bowl XLIV (2010); 3 Preseason games.
  • FOX: National Football Conference Sunday afternoon games; 1 Thanksgiving Day game; four NFC playoff games; Super Bowl XLV (2011); 3 Preseason games.
  • NBC: NFL Kickoff game; 16 Sunday night games; two wild-card playoff games; Super Bowls XLIII (2009) and XLVI (2012); 3 Preseason games.
  • ESPN: 17 Monday night games (Doubleheader Week 1, Singleheader Weeks 2–16); 4 Preseason games
  • NFL Network: 8 late-season NFL games (starting Thanksgiving) on Thursday and/or Saturday Night; 2 Preseason games.
  • DirecTV: NFL Sunday Ticket - Pay-per-view rights to all CBS and FOX regular-season games (excluding Thanksgiving games).

Notes:

  • Sunday afternoon Interconference games air on the network of the visiting team's conference.
  • CBS and FOX each receive 8 single games and nine doubleheaders.
  • The network airing a given Super Bowl will also telecast that season's Pro Bowl the following weekend.

College Football Bowl games

Main articles: College football on television#Television stations and College football on television
  • FOX: Cotton, Orange, Fiesta, and Sugar Bowls (2007–2010), plus BCS National Championship Game (2007–2009)
  • ABC: Capital One Bowl and Rose Bowl, plus BCS National Championship Game (2010)
  • CBS: Sun Bowl and Gator Bowl
  • NFL Network: Insight Bowl and Texas Bowl
  • All other bowl games air on ESPN, ESPN2, or NFL Network.

Arena football

  • Arena Football League: ESPN/ABC will air 26 regular season games and nine postseason games per year through 2011. The 2007 season includes 14 Monday night games on ESPN2, while the Arena Bowl will air on ABC. Select games air on regional stations.


[edit] Football (soccer)

Major League Soccer

Primera División de México

2006 FIFA World Cup

  • English-language: ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
  • Spanish-language: Univision/TeleFutura
  • German-language: Setanta Sports

UEFA European Soccer

English Club Soccer

Other Soccer

[edit] Football (other)

Australian rules football

Canadian football

Gaelic football

Rugby league

  • Setanta Sports North America airs matches from the world's two main leagues:

Rugby union

[edit] Golf

Men-

Women-

[edit] Hockey

National Hockey League

  • Versus: One to three regular-season games/week, All-Star Game, playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals (games 1–2) until 2008
  • NBC: Sunday afternoon late-season games, weekend afternoon playoff games and Stanley Cup Finals (games 3–7) until 2008
  • HDNet: Thursday and Saturday Night Games until 2008
  • NHL Network: Wednesday, Friday and occasional Sunday games

Additionally, viewers near the Canadian border, especially in the Detroit and Buffalo markets, can view CBC broadcasts of Hockey Night in Canada, playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals. CBC reaches most cable subscribers in Michigan and the Buffalo area, and CBC broadcasts of NHL playoff games often get better ratings in those markets than the simultaneous American broadcast when both are available.

Local or regional broadcasters contract with the NHL team in their area for the right to broadcast a number of regular season games locally. These broadcasters can be traditional over-the-air television stations as well as regional cable sports channels.

The following regional stations have playoff contracts in the United States when the corresponding team is participating, regardless of the round:

NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship: ESPNU (Regional Semifinals/Finals), ESPN2 (National Semifinals), ESPN (National Championship)

[edit] Horse Racing

U.S. Triple Crown:

Other Races:

[edit] Lacrosse

Major League Lacrosse

NCAA lacrosse

[edit] Motor sports

NASCAR

  • Sprint Cup:
    • FOX: races #1 (Daytona 500) through 13; Bud Shootout
    • TNT: races #14–19
    • ESPN: races #20–25
    • ABC: races #26–36
    • SPEED: Gatorade Duel and All-Star Challenge (non-points events)
  • Nationwide Series: All races on ESPN2, except for two on ESPN and four on ABC
  • Craftsman Truck Series: All races on SPEED, except for two on FOX

Other auto racing series


[edit] Olympic Games

NBC has broadcast rights through the 2012 Summer Games. Events also appear on NBC's sister networks CNBC, MSNBC, USA, Bravo, Oxygen, Telemundo (in Spanish) and Universal HD.

[edit] Tennis

  • Australian Open: ESPN2/ESPN Deportes/The Tennis Channel
  • French Open: ESPN2/ESPN Deportes/The Tennis Channel/NBC
  • The Championships (Wimbledon): ESPN2/ESPN Deportes/The Tennis Channel/NBC
  • U.S. Open: USA/CBS (ESPN2 to replace USA beginning in 2009)
  • Davis Cup: The Tennis Channel/Versus (U.S. matches)
  • Fed Cup: The Tennis Channel
  • Tennis Masters Cup: ESPN2/ESPN Deportes/The Tennis Channel (Doubles matches)
  • WTA Tour Championships: Versus/The Tennis Channel (Doubles matches)

[edit] Miscellaneous