As Canada’s undisputed home to all things soccer, Sportsnet today announced it has reached a three-year partnership extension with the Barclays Premier League through the 2015-16 season, continuing a 14-year network tradition of airing Premier League soccer in Canada.
The new agreement features a comprehensive suite of multimedia rights including television, online and mobile, delivering up to 190 matches each season beginning in 2013/14.
“Sportsnet is proud to continue our strong partnership with the Premiere League, furthering our commitment to providing Canadians with unparalleled access to world class soccer content,” said Navaid Mansuri, Vice-President of Finance & Sports Programming, Sportsnet. “The BPL is one of the world’s most prominent soccer leagues and this new agreement has positioned Sportsnet to continue our already unprecedented schedule of soccer programming across multiple platforms in the years to come.”
Today’s announcement further strengthens Sportsnet’s leadership in soccer, marking the fourth premium soccer rights agreement secured by the multiplatform sports media brand in 2012. Throughout the past eight months, Sportsnet announced multi-year, multiplatform rights agreements for the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Champions League and World Cup Qualifying.
In August, Sportsnet also announced that it is an official licensed broadcaster of the 2014 FIFA World Cup BrazilTM and launched Soccer Central, the nightly one-hour soccer news show providing footy fans with news, highlights and analysis from the world’s best soccer leagues and events, 365 days a year.
Sportsnet will deliver fans the most extensive multiplatform coverage of soccer ever in 2012-13, including access to more than 1,000 world-class matches:
- Barclays Premiere League
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Europa League
- World Cup Qualifying
- Toronto FC
- Vancouver Whitecaps
- Canada Men’s and Women’s Team matches
- FIFA World Cup events
