Premiership TV Coverage for Confused Canadians
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by SSreporters
When I last wrote an article about the Premier League schedule in the US/Canada, some anon fanatics from Canada were confused of the TV rights in their own country. Here is the breakdown.
Rogers Sportsnet (Non-Digital) and Fox Sports World Canada (Digital) had the EPL rights, but FSWC gave up all of their rights, and Rogers Sportsnet gave up most of their rights to The Score (Non-Digital). Expecting 4-5 games a week, The Score decided to sell 95% of their rights to new digital channel Setanta Sports Canada. SS Canada has the rights to the midweek games and the Saturday and Sunday games The Score and Sportsnet don't have. Setanta is available in select cable companies, but you fork up $15 per month to start.
To sum it all up, for a regular 10 game soccer weekend, Sportsnet has 1 Saturday game, The Score has 1 Sunday game, plus a one hour show to devote highlights to all of the Premier League games that day. SS Canada handles everything else.
Any questions?
