Canada

Baseball TV looks set to be launched in Canada if 2009 if negotiations between Rogers Media and Major League Baseball can be finalised.

ESPN Star Sports agreed partnerships with three major broadcasters to make International Cricket Council (ICC) events exclusively available to fans in Pakistan, Canada and the USA from 2009-2011.

A revised budget for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games will be presented to VANOC's board of directors, according to The Canadian Press.

The Vancouver 2010 Organising Committee (VANOC) announced its Olympic Torch Relay route.

Canadian officials have failed to reach a deal to reinstate Montreal's Grand Prix to the 2009 Formula One schedule, the BBC reports.

The Vancouver Organising Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) said that they have received over $345 million in requests for tickets to the Games.

The first phase of ticket sales for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games packages are selling out and individual requests are increasing daily, according to Canadian Press reports.

Canadian GP organisers and government officials have denied accusations that they have defaulted on payments to host the event.

Tickets for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games go on sale today.

The National Hockey League (NHL) will announce today a multi-year rights deal to distribute NHL games to a large part of the Asian market including China and India, according to Canadian press reports.

The Vancouver 2010 Organising Committee (VANCOG) has said that sponsorship demand is strong after the success of the Beijing 2008 Summer Games, Games Bids reports.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has been granted a license to start a sports cable television channel.

The Vancouver Organising Committee for the 2010 Olympic Games (VANOC) said the UBC Thunderbird Arena is the first indoor competition venue in the Host Region to complete construction. The venue will host the men’s and women’s ice hockey, as well as the men’s ice sledge hockey competitions during the 2010 Winter Games.

Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN), which broadcasts to Canada’s three million people of South Asian, East Asian and Arabic heritage, has acquired exclusive broadcast rights in Canada for cricket’s Asia Cup 2008, in a deal with ESPN Star Sports.

The National Hockey League has signed deals with TSN, for media rights in Canada, and with Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc, for Bud Light to remain the league’s official beer.

Canadian cable television sports channels The Sports Network (TSN) and Rogers Sportsnet (Sportsnet) have agreed to jointly televise live all 31 matches from Euro 2008.