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Broadcast/cable networks of selected major sports and sporting events: See Also: Broadcasting of sports events AUSTRALIA American Football Australian Rules Football AFL Premiership Season:
Basketball
Cricket
In 2006, Fox Sports bought the rights to broadcast the Australian Domestic Cricket. The time slot will be Wednesday nights and Weekends Football (Soccer)
Note: SBS often shows other football fixtures as part of their Sunday Afternoon football show (The World Game). Golf Horse-racing
Lacrosse Motor Racing
Olympics
Rugby League
Rugby Union
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Swimming
Tennis
Winter Sports
CANADA Baseball Major League Baseball 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 : Approximately 20 Blue Jays games 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. Curling
Football Canadian Football League
National Football League
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. Golf
Hockey National Hockey League National broadcast rights:
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:
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 Channel s. Other events
Motor Racing
Soccer Major League Soccer
Note: Some games on Rogers Sportsnet are aired nationally, while others are only shown on Rogers Sportsnet Ontario. Other Soccer Tennis University sport Canadian Interuniversity Sport Cricket LATIN AMERICA Auto Racing Formula One Other auto racing series Baseball Major League Baseball Other baseball Basketball National Basketball Association ::''(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 (Brazil and the Caribbean only). FIBA events Other basketball Field Hockey Golf Gridiron Football National Football League College Football Bowl games Arena Football League Handball Horse Racing Motorcycle Racing Rugby Soccer/Association Football UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Super Cup European Leagues European Cups Copa Libertadores Primera División Argentina Primera División de México Other Soccer Polo Argentine Open Championship Tennis Volleyball 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. Football related Multi-disciplines events Tennis Cricket Golf Rugby League Rugby Union Horse Racing Motor Sport Boxing Snooker Darts Cycling American Football Baseball Ice Hockey Bowls Rowing Lacrosse Australian Rules Football FRANCE Football Multi-disciplines events Basketball Cycling Golf Horse Racing Ice Hockey Lacrosse Motor racing Rugby Union Tennis GERMANY Football American Football Basketball Boxing Cycling Golf Handball Ice Hockey Lacrosse Motor racing Multi-discipline events Rugby Union Tennis Volleyball ISRAEL Football Basketball Multi-discipline events Motor racing Tennis ITALY Football Basketball Cycling Golf Multi-discipline events Motor Racing Rugby Union Sailing Tennis Volleyball NETHERLANDS Football Cycling Lacrosse Motor racing Multi-discipline events Tennis ROMANIA Football Multi-disciplines events Tennis Handball Motor sport Snooker Cycling Basketball Ice Hockey Rugby Union RUSSIA Football Lacrosse Motor Racing Tennis SPAIN Football Multi-discipline events Baseball Basketball Cycling Golf Handball Horse Racing Ice Hockey Motorsport Rugby Union Tennis UNITED STATES Auto Racing NASCAR (starting in 2007) Other auto racing series Baseball Major League Baseball 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. Three clubs ( Atlanta Braves on TBS , Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox on WGN-TV ) contract with local affiliates which have become Superstation s, so many of their regular season games are available nationwide. (Braves games will no longer be offered nationwide on TBS beginning in 2008.) Source: MLB Press Release {Link without Title} Basketball National Basketball Association 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 NCAA Basketball Cycling Football National Football League See Also: NFL on television Notes: Other pro football College Football Bowl games See Also: College football on television#Television stations College football on television Golf Men- Women- Hockey National Hockey League 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 Horse Racing U.S. Triple Crown : Other Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse National Lacrosse League NCAA lacrosse Olympic Games NBC has broadcast rights through the 2012 Summer Games. Events also appear on NBC's sister networks CNBC , MSNBC , USA , Bravo , Telemundo (in Spanish) and Universal HD . 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