Editing Canadian Football League (section)

===Canadian broadcasters===
The [[Canadian Football Network]] was the league's broadcaster from 1987 to 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cfhof.ca/members/paul-graham/|title=Paul Graham: Class of 2018|date=2018|website=[[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]]|access-date=April 15, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://press.cfl.ca/broadcaster-paul-graham-awarded-hugh-campbell-distinguished-leadership-award|title=Broadcaster Paul Graham Awarded Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award|last=Barrett|first=Lucas|date=2017|website=[[Canadian Football League]]|access-date=April 17, 2025}}</ref> Since TSN became the league's exclusive broadcast partner in 2009, [[Paul Graham (television producer)|Paul Graham]] produced coverage for all Grey Cup games until 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techlifetoday.nait.ca/articles/2018/paul-graham-tsn-canadian-football-hall-of-fame|title=Paul Graham named to Canadian Football Hall of Fame|last=Messenger|first=Scott|date=December 10, 2018|website=[[Northern Alberta Institute of Technology]]|access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://press.cfl.ca/broadcaster-paul-graham-awarded-hugh-campbell-distinguished-leadership-award|title=Broadcaster Paul Graham Awarded Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award|last=Barrett|first=Lucas|date=2017|website=[[Canadian Football League]]|access-date=April 17, 2025}}</ref>

TSN's French-language network [[Réseau des sports|RDS]] broadcasts [[Montreal Alouettes]] games for the [[Quebec]] television market.<ref name="CFL.ca Broadcast">{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=page&id=16 |title=Broadcast |access-date=December 3, 2006 |publisher=CFL.ca}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2025}} Games are typically scheduled for Thursday to Saturday evenings during June, July and August, but switch to more Saturday and Sunday afternoon games during September and October.<ref name="CFL.ca Schedule">{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=sked&func=view |title=Schedule |access-date=December 3, 2006 |publisher=CFL.ca}}</ref> TSN has created a tradition of at least one Friday night game each week, branded as ''[[Friday Night Football (Canada)|Friday Night Football]]''. CBC and TSN drew record television audiences for CFL broadcasts in 2005.<ref name="CFL.ca 2006-04-17">{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=7783&writer=0 |title=CFL announces updated schedule |access-date=December 3, 2006 |publisher=CFL.ca |date=April 17, 2006}}</ref> The 2006 season was the first season in which every regular-season game was televised, as the league implemented an [[instant replay]] challenge system.<ref name="CFL.ca 2006-06-13">{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=8949 |title=CFL to introduce instant replay for 2006 |access-date=December 3, 2006 |publisher=CFL.ca |date=June 13, 2006}}</ref> In 2006, the CFL also began offering pay-per-view webcasts of every game on CFL Broadband.<ref name="CFL.ca 2006-06-22">{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=9235 |title=CFL debuts live webcast for entire schedule |access-date=December 3, 2006 |publisher=CFL.ca |date=June 22, 2006}}</ref> Until the end of the [[2007 CFL season|2007 season]], CBC and RDS were the exclusive television broadcasters for all playoff games, including the [[Grey Cup]], which regularly draws a [[Canadians|Canadian]] viewing audience in excess of 4&nbsp;million.<ref name="Houston 2006-11-20">{{cite web |url=http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061120.wspttruth20/GSStory/GlobeSportsFootball/home |title=Minor rise in Grey Cup ratings good for CBC |access-date=December 3, 2006 |work=Globe and Mail |location=Canada |date=November 20, 2006 |first=William |last=Houston}}</ref>

In [[2008 CFL season|2008]], the CFL began a new, five-year television deal with [[Bell Media|CTVglobemedia]]. Valued at $16&nbsp;million per-year, it gave TSN and RDS exclusive rights to all CFL games, including the playoffs and Grey Cup.<ref name="Houston 2006-12-20"/> In March 2013, TSN exercised an option to extend its contract through 2018. In 2015, the deal was extended for an additional three years, along with exclusive Grey Cup rights for [[Bell Media Radio]] stations.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Penton|first1=Kirk|title=CFL extends TV deal with TSN/RDS another three years|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2015/05/28/cfl-extends-tv-deal-with-tsnrds-another-three-years|access-date=June 17, 2017|work=Winnipeg Sun|date=May 28, 2015}}</ref>

In June 2024, [[Bell Media]] announced that [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] would broadcast TSN-produced [[2024 CFL season|2024 season]] coverage on [[Digital television in Canada|digital terrestrial television]], including a late-season package of exclusive 3 p.m. ET games beginning on September 7, continuing with playoff coverage of the [[East Division (CFL)|East Division]], and concluding with a simulcast of the [[111th Grey Cup]]; returning the CFL to over-the-air television for the first time since 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star-Studded New Series, Returning Hits, and Live Events to Anchor CTV's 2024/25 Schedule |url=https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/star-studded-new-series-returning-hits-and-live-events-to-anchor-ctvs-2024-25-schedule/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website= |publisher=[[Bell Media]] |language=en-CA}}</ref> As of 2024, the CFL's agreement with TSN, CTV and RDS runs through the 2026 CFL season.<ref name=ambrosieresigns>{{Cite web |title=Randy Ambrosie to end term as CFL commissioner after Grey Cup |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/cfl/article/randy-ambrosie-to-end-term-as-cfl-commissioner-after-grey-cup/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Sportsnet.ca |date=October 26, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>