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OneSoccer
Country
  • Canada (TV and streaming)
  • Global (streaming-only)
Broadcast areaNational
Programming
Language(s)English, French
Ownership
OwnerTimeless Inc.
History
LaunchedApril 26, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-26)
Links
Websiteonesoccer.ca
Availability
Streaming media
OneSoccerwatch.onesoccer.ca
FuboTV Canadawww.fubo.tv/welcome

OneSoccer is a Canadian soccer-oriented sports channel and subscription streaming service. The service was first established in 2019 as part of a 10-year agreement between Canadian Soccer Business—a company that represents the commercial rights of the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and Canadian Premier League (CPL)—and Mediapro. Initially distributed as a streaming service only, the network began to pursue linear television distribution as a discretionary specialty channel in September 2021.

The network serves as the main Canadian broadcaster of the CPL and Canada's men's and women's national teams, as well as CONCACAF competitions such as the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Champions Cup.

In 2024, amid contractual disputes between Canadian Soccer Business and Mediapro, the organization reached a settlement to unwind its agreement with Mediapro, who divested OneSoccer to a company controlled by a chairman of the CPL.

History

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On March 28, 2019, the Canadian Premier League and the Canadian Soccer Association announced the creation of Canadian Soccer Business (CSB), an organization "representing commercial assets and inventory for marquee soccer properties in Canada", including "all corporate partnerships and broadcast rights related to Canada Soccer's core assets including its national teams, along with all rights associated with the CPL".[1] On February 21, 2019, it announced a 10-year agreement with Mediapro, under which it holds all media rights associated with Canada Soccer, including rights to the Canadian Premier League, the Canadian Championship, and rights to national team matches.[2] In April, Mediapro announced that its rights would be housed in a new subscription service known as OneSoccer,[3][4] which launched as an online-only live and on-demand subscription service through its website on April 26, 2019, with its first live match airing the next day.[5]

In August 2019, OneSoccer acquired rights to the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League season.[6] In January 2020, OneSoccer acquired exclusive Canadian rights to various CONCACAF championships through 2023, including the CONCACAF Gold Cup.[7][8]

In September 2021, Mediapro Canada announced OneSoccer's first third-party launch of the service via FuboTV's streaming package in Canada.[9] Later that month, Mediapro Canada announced that it had reached its first deal for carriage of OneSoccer as a linear television channel, with Telus TV.[10]

On August 5, 2022, OneSoccer filed a complaint with the CRTC against Rogers Communications, alleging that Rogers refused to carry OneSoccer in order to protect its own Sportsnet service from competition.[11] On March 23, 2023, the CRTC found that Rogers had indeed given undue preference to Sportsnet, as well as other independent broadcasters BeIN Sports and EuroWorld Sport.[12][13]

In January 2024, five years into the ten-year agreement, CSB withdrew its contract from Mediapro alleging violations of contractual obligations, including missed rights payments for 2023, and insufficient efforts to sublicense linear television rights to other broadcasters to widen availability.[14] Mediapro contrarily accused CSB of not meeting targets for expansion of the CPL and the provision of matches.[15] The dispute did not interrupt OneSoccer's programming; in June, the legal dispute was settled out of court. As a result of the settlement, Mediapro divested OneSoccer to CPL and CSB chairman Scott Mitchell via his company Timeless Inc., and committed to continue producing Canadian national team and CPL matches through the end of the year.[15][16]

Broadcasting rights

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Clubs

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National teams

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Staff

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As of 2023, OneSoccer's commentary and analysis team features Andi Petrillo, Kristian Jack, Gareth Wheeler, Oliver Platt, Jordan Wilson, Adam Jenkins, Armen Bedakian, Josh Deming and Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic.[18][19][third-party source needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) – A New Sports Enterprise Now Represents Premier Soccer Properties in Canada". canadasoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mediapro strikes 10-year deal for new Canadian Premier League". SportBusiness Media. February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "Cleveland Cavaliers' Quicken Loans Arena to be renamed". SportsPro Media. April 9, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "Canadian Premier League Available on OneSoccer – 365 Days a Year". CanPL.ca. April 17, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  5. ^ Onesoccer: The ‘home of Canadian soccer’ launches worldwide this weekend Mediapro Canada press release, April 26, 2019
  6. ^ "Concacaf and Mediapro agree Nations League rights deal in Canada". SportsPro Media. August 28, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "Mediapro Canada nets exclusive rights to Concacaf Gold Cup". SportsPro Media. January 14, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  8. ^ "OneSoccer to air 2021 Concacaf Champions League starting next week". Canadian Premier League. March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  9. ^ Davies, Catherine (September 2, 2021). "MEDIAPRO Canada partners with fuboTV to bring OneSoccer to Canadian subscribers". MediaPro Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  10. ^ "OneSoccer has also landed in the traditional cable/satellite universe with Telus". Awful Announcing. September 22, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  11. ^ Houpt, Simon (August 5, 2022). "OneSoccer alleges Rogers acting anti-competitively by refusing to carry the streaming service on cable". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  12. ^ Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (March 23, 2023). "Complaint by Timeless Inc. against Rogers Communications Canada Inc. alleging undue preference regarding the carriage of the Canadian English-language exempt discretionary service OneSoccer". crtc.gc.ca. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  13. ^ Houpt, Simon (March 24, 2023). "Rogers gave undue preference to its own sports service over OneSoccer, CRTC rules". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  14. ^ Nightingale, Tom. "Canadian Soccer Business and MediaPro abruptly end broadcasting agreement, pulling Canadian soccer off OneSoccer". Canadian Soccer Daily. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  15. ^ a b Davidson, Neil (June 18, 2024). "Canadian Soccer Business, Mediapro settle lawsuit, agree to part ways at end of year". CBC. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  16. ^ Jacques, John (June 18, 2024). "In Detail: Canadian Soccer Business Settles Legal Dispute With Mediapro". Northern Tribune. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  17. ^ a b "OneSoccer Picks Up Rights For Manchester City TV, Eredivisie, And CSL". Twitter. October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  18. ^ "OneSoccer - Home". OneSoccer. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  19. ^ "Media Release: CPL welcomes veteran soccer journalist Kristian Jack as VP of Media & Content". Canadian Premier League. June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.

See also

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  1. ^ "LFP reaches stop-gap TV deal with Canal+ for rest of Ligue 1 season". SportsPro Media. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
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