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TSN, RDS claim CFL

TORONTO – As of 2008, the Canadian Football League will only be available to TSN or RDS subscribers.The league and the two CTV-owned sports specialties signed a five-year broadcast and multiplatform rights agreement that will see all CFL games on the two channels. The CBC, as it now stands, will have no football on its schedule as of the 2008 season. TSN president Phil King told a conference call on Wednesday the multi-million-dollar agreement includes broadcast, broadband and wireless rights, meaning some games will be made available on the web and the league will have a higher profile on wireless...