{"id":700310,"date":"2026-05-28T23:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/700310\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T23:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:06:10","slug":"new-cfl-media-deal-shows-strength-and-positive-future-for-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/700310\/","title":{"rendered":"New CFL Media Deal Shows Strength and Positive Future for The League"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CFL announced the largest media rights deal in league history Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

The six-year agreements will redefine how fans across Canada and around the world access and experience Canadian football.<\/p>\n

Starting in 2027, fans can watch the Calgary Stampeders across a variety of media platforms, including a renewed commitment from Bell Media (TSN) and the introduction of DAZN as a major broadcast partner.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting day for the league,\u201d said Stampeders president Jay McNeil<\/a>. \u201cWhen you think about a media rights deal, this is transformative for (the CFL).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the highest valuation for media rights in league history so that\u2019s incredibly exciting. When you think about it from a reach perspective, we\u2019re introducing the CFL game to a much bigger audience and it\u2019s pretty exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to impact everybody in a positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re the world\u2019s largest sports platform; they have 140,000 live events every year,\u201d McNeil added on partnering with global sports media titan, DAZN. \u201cThey are a big-time player in sports media globally, and for the league to be able to partner with a business like that shows the strength of where we are as an organization and as a league, and where we\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

TSN will broadcast up to three regular-season CFL games per week for a total of 60 games, including the iconic Friday Night Football.<\/p>\n

Plus, TSN is home to six of the eight playoff games as part of the newly announced postseason format. Expanding reach to the largest possible national audience, TSN, CTV and Crave will simulcast the Grey Cup and select games.<\/p>\n

DAZN Canada will exclusively feature Saturday Night Football weekly at 5 p.m. MT throughout the regular season and extending into the first two playoff rounds. A new team of analysts, play-by-play announcers, commentators and sideline reporters will be assembled to deliver exclusive coverage of the league\u2019s on-field action and entertainment.<\/p>\n

This announcement helps sustain the CFL\u2019s momentum, building on new rules, schedule and playoff changes that are indicative of a league that is innovating and evolving.<\/p>\n

With more people watching and talking about the CFL, the Calgary Stampeders are positioned in the driver\u2019s seat for the next era of growth.<\/p>\n

The Stampeders 2026 season begins on Friday, June 5 at 7 p.m. MT, as the Red and White host the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers for their home opener to kick off the Year of the Horse.<\/p>\n

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Then, Canada\u2019s biggest party comes to Calgary this Fall as McMahon Stadium plays host to the 113th Grey Cup on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The CFL announced the largest media rights deal in league history Thursday morning. The six-year agreements will redefine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-700310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}