January 30th, 2020: MEDIAPRO Canada has been selected by the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) as exclusive supplier for all games that will be aired live on the CBC in 2020, including the season-ending CEBL Championship in August.

MEDIAPRO , Canada’s fastest-growing broadcast facility provider, will be supplying all the technical facilities, production crew and transmission services to bring exciting live basketball coverage from venues across Canada.

"2020 marks a transformational year for the CEBL given their partnership with the CBC, and we are very excited and proud to be a key partner in this relationship,” said Chris Priess, Vice President of MEDIAPRO Canada. “Basketball is certainly one of the fastest-growing sports in the country and we’re excited to contribute to the development and success of the CEBL."

"After a long search process, it became clear that MEDIAPRO was the right choice to partner with," said Mike Morreale, Commissioner and CEO, CEBL. "Based on the continual investments they have made in their business and our desire to try new ways of showcasing our great product, it became an easy decision. As the CEBL begins its journey on national television through CBC, I am excited to showcase #OurGame to all of Canada."

The CEBL, the trailblazing new men’s professional basketball league, launched in 2019 with six teams: the Fraser Valley Bandits, Edmonton Stingers, 2019 league champions Saskatchewan Rattlers, Niagara River Lions, Hamilton Honey Badgers and Guelph Nighthawks, and expanded to include the Ottawa Blackjacks, which make their debut against the Niagara River Lions in May.

MEDIAPRO will produce seven regular-season games from May through July as well as the season-ending Championship Game in August, according to the following schedule:

CEBL on the CBC

• Saturday, May 30, 2020 (4 p.m. Eastern) - Ottawa at Hamilton
  
• Saturday, June 6, 2020 (2 p.m. Eastern) - Edmonton at Guelph
• Saturday, June 13, 2020 (4 p.m. Eastern) - Fraser Valley at Edmonton
• Saturday, June 20, 2020 (4 p.m. Eastern) - Saskatchewan at Fraser Valley
• Saturday, June 27, 2020 (4 p.m. Eastern) - Hamilton at Guelph
• Saturday, July 4, 2020 (2 p.m. Eastern) - Hamilton at Niagara
• Saturday, July 18, 2020 (4 p.m. Eastern) - Niagara at Saskatchewan
• Sunday, August 16, 2020 (3 p.m. Eastern) - CEBL Championship Game

MEDIAPRO Group, which recorded annual revenues exceeding €2 billion in 2018, operates a fleet of over 80 High Definition and 4K Outside Broadcast units, and produces live coverage of more than 12,000 events around the world each year. The Group is currently involved in the production of 16 national soccer competitions around the world, including top-tier leagues in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Kenya, Angola, Slovenia, Serbia, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico and Canada. Mediapro Group crews produce events for the UEFA Champions League, FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, the Africa Cup of Nations, FIBA events, the Euroleague and Formula 1. Mediapro was also the host broadcaster of the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru.

Early in 2019, MEDIAPRO sealed a long-term partnership with Canadian Soccer Business for the worldwide media rights to the Canadian Premier League, the country’s new first division soccer league; the Canadian Championship, Canada Soccer’s highest domestic professional soccer competition, involving all professional soccer clubs in Canada; and the home games of Canada Soccer’s Men’s and Women’s National Teams.

MEDIAPRO also manages the global media rights to Spain’s LaLiga Santander and in 2018 was awarded a wide package of rights for the four seasons from 2020-21 to France’s Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, where it is set to launch a 24/7 channel to carry live coverage of league matches. The MEDIAPRO Group produces more than 15 TV channels worldwide, including several specialty sports channels.

With 58 offices on four continents, MEDIAPRO is also one of the most important creators of content in the world, with projects for HBO, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Turner, DirecTV, Movistar, FOX, Viacom and Televisa.

MEDIAPRO Canada is also a full-service company offering mobiles, air-packs, crewing, studios, and a complete rentals department from its Toronto, Canada headquarters. Its newly-expanded fleet of five Outside Broadcast units includes Odyssey, the first mid-size 4K mobile in North America, and Alto, a 53ʹ fully equipped expando mobile, capable of 14 cameras and 4 EVS systems. The Group entered the Canadian broadcast services market in April of 2019 as part of its global expansion drive.