OneSoccer is a

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and English and

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subscription

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owned by Mediapro Canada. The service broadcasts programming related to soccer including live and pre-taped games, recap shows, and more. It currently serves as the main rightsholder of the

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, including holding the rights to the

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, Canadian Championship, and

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matches not sold to other broadcasters. It also serves as rightsholder for various

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competitions, including the

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History

On March 28, 2019, the

and the

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". 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. In April, Mediapro announced that its rights would be housed in a new subscription service known as OneSoccer, 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. In August 2019, OneSoccer acquired rights to the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League season. In January 2020, OneSoccer acquired exclusive Canadian rights to various CONCACAF championships through 2023, including the

. In September 2021, Mediapro Canada announced OneSoccer's first third-party launch of the service via

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's streaming package in Canada. Later that month, Mediapro Canada announced that it had reached its first deal for carriage of OneSoccer as a linear television channel, with

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Broadcasting rights

Clubs

* Canadian Championship *

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CONCACAF Champions League The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...

* Spanish Primera División Feminina * French Ligue 1 (

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matches only) *

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National teams

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* Canadian men's and

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national soccer teams' home matches

Staff

OneSoccer's commentary and analysis team features

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, Kristian Jack,

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, Oliver Platt, Adam Jenkins, Armen Bedakian, and Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic.

References

External links

Official site
{{VOD services Internet television channels Soccer on Canadian television Sports television networks in Canada Subscription video streaming services Internet properties established in 2019 2019 establishments in Canada Canadian Premier League Television channels and stations established in 2021