Bell Media celebrates FIFA soccer package, CBC disappointed

TORONTO - Bell Media has scored the rights to a seven year FIFA World Cup soccer package that includes the exclusive Canadian broadcast rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar and the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 in Canada. The deal also includes other FIFA events between 2015 and 2022 such as the Women's World Cup in 2019, the FIFA Men's and Women's U-20 and U-17 World Cups, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and FIFA Futsal World Cup. Bell Media pledged to pull out all the stops during its multi-platform coverage which...