Canada
Media

Canadian broadcaster TSN has received approval for a second digital channel from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, (CRTC), the federal broadcast regulator.
Business

Representatives of Olympic and Paralympic Games sponsors from across Canada and around the world are gathered in Vancouver for the next two days for the second annual Vancouver 2010 Sponsor Workshop, hosted by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC).
Business

The Vancouver Organising Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) said it had agreed deals with nine new Canadian companies to its Official Licensee Programme under the ‘Apparel’ and ‘Headwear’ categories.
Business

Dow Chemical Canada Inc, agreed a deal with the Vancouver Organising Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as the official supplier of Insulation Materials and Heat Transfer Fluids.
Business

The man who exposed the corruption behind the Salt Lake City bid to host the Winter Olympics has died.
Business

Stacey Allaster, president of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, has been become the first woman to scoop a top sports business award in Canada.
Business

Organisers of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games have confirmed EPCOR Utilities as a new partner.
Business

Organisers of the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010 will today unveil a new sponsor.
Media

The Media Partners & Silva and Sportfive agencies agreed a deal to unify the sale of international Italian Serie A rights in some key territories.
Business

The organisers of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games expect to sign up to 10 new sponsorship deals this year as they look to surpass more than C$700 million in total domestic sponsorship.
Media

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC acquired the TV right for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
Media

Soccer channel GolTV has confirmed a new exclusive multi-year agreement to broadcast Spain’s La Liga in the US and Canada.
Media

The International Rugby Board says the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2006, which kicks off on 31 August in Edmonton, Canada, will be shown on more television stations than ever before.
Business

With more than 2 months to go before the opening of SPORTELMonaco 2006, exhibitors have committed to more than 85% of the expanded floor space in the Grimaldi Forum.
Business

Interest in sponsoring the London 2012 Olympics has been so strong that companies are reportedly prepared to pay around £100 million to become official partners, double the original estimate.
Events

The International Olympic Committee signed a four-Games agreement for the broadcast rights in Korea with South Korean commercial broadcaster SBS.
Business

The British alpine skiing funding budget up until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has been reduced from £1.72m to £922,000.
Business

The NASCAR Busch series is set to blast into Canada for the first time next year.