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In June 2024, Bell Media announced that CTV would air on digital terrestrial television a late-season package of TSN-produced CFL coverage beginning in the 2024 season.CTV aired Saturday 3 p.m. ET games beginning on September 7, shared in coverage of the playoffs (CTV broadcasted the earlier time zone East Division playoff games), and simulcast the 111th Grey Cup with TSN.
As part of the 2013 contract extension, which included both U.S. and Canadian broadcast rights, ESPN's terrestrial networks (particularly ESPN2) have carried TSN's coverage of select CFL games on U.S. television. Since 2017, the broadcast schedule began on opening weekend, when most (if not all) of the 4 games would be aired on traditional cable.
With the exception of Baltimore, all of the American teams consistently lost money. Tension also arose between the American and Canadian contingents over rule changes, scheduling, import rules, and marketing. Facing these difficulties, the league returned to being exclusively Canadian beginning with the 1996 season.
Longest kickoff Prior to 2022 rule change. 100 – Paul Osbaldiston at Saskatchewan Roughriders, July 26, 1991; 100 – Paul McCallum at Sacramento Gold Miners, September 2, 1994; Since 2022 rule change. 100 – many players, most by Boris Bede (four times) Highest kickoff average, career (Minimum 150 attempts) 69.4 – Boris Bede (2015–2024)
The CFL on CBC ended its run on November 25, 2007, airing the 95th Grey Cup from the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, after which the CFL left broadcast television and signed a six-year contract with cable network TSN. The CFL granted a no-bid extension to the TSN contract in 2013 (and has offered additional no-bid extensions since then ...
The CFL will continue to be broadcast on TSN and RDS across all platforms in Canada as part of their current contract. [18] The broadcast rights are reported to have been extended through 2025. [19] CTV, CBS, and CFL+ will also have broadcast rights. Radio rights belong to team's local stations and SiriusXM. [20]
The Canadian Football League board of governors approved the use of instant replay starting in 2006. [22] When implemented, the CFL system appeared to be modeled largely on the NFL's, although some differences had been incorporated to accommodate differences between the two codes. CFL teams are allowed only one challenge per game.
NBC (with the exception of its northernmost affiliates that were located close to the Canadian border) broadcast games in the CFL for three weeks during the 1982 NFL players' strike [3] [4] The first week of broadcasts featured the NFL on NBC broadcast teams, before a series of blowout games on the network and the resulting low ratings resulted in NBC cutting back and eventually cancelling its ...