Canada: Mediapro acquires rights to Canada Soccer (Association) and the Canadian Premier League

The Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro has acquired the media rights to Canadian Soccer Business (CSB), the company that owns the media and commercial assets of Canada Soccer, "for the next ten years," said the Canadian Soccer Association on 20/02/2019. These rights were acquired via ThePostGame, the agency in charge of the tender on behalf of CSB.

"As per the agreement, the landmark partnership has Mediapro acquiring, in its entirety, all the media rights under CSB management for the next ten years including the global and domestic rights to the Canadian Premier League (CPL), Canada's new professional men's soccer league launching in April 2019. The rights also include all media rights for all home games of Canada Soccer's Men's and Women's national teams. Mediapro will also acquire the media rights to all League1 Ontario matches as it looks to expand the footprint of soccer in Canada," said Canadian Soccer Business.

"Mediapro will be in charge of the production of thousands of matches and will launch a diverse and versatile channel that will be available for all…