Canadian Soccer Business and MEDIAPRO head to court over broadcast rights

By Connie Thiessen MediaPro and Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) are headed to court with both sides alleging the other is unable to fulfil their part of their commercial broadcast rights agreement. The dispute leaves OneSoccer, MediaPro Canada’s streaming service devoted to Canadian soccer, without its core programming, including Canadian Premier League (CPL) and Canada Soccer Men’s and Women’s National game broadcasts, which featured live studio pre-, half-time and post-game shows, anchored by talent including Andi Petrillo, Kristian Jack, Oliver Platt, Adam Jenkins, and Jordan Wilson, among others. Barcelona-headquartered MediaPro, which has been a CSB partner since 2019, said in a...