CBC Television

===Sports===
{{see also|CBC Sports|Sportsnet}}
One of the most popular shows on CBC Television is the weekly Saturday night broadcast of [[National Hockey League|NHL]] [[Ice hockey|hockey]] games, ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]''. It has been televised by the network since 1952. During the NHL lock-out and subsequent cancellation of the 2004–05 hockey season, the CBC instead aired various recent and classic films, branded as ''Movie Night in Canada'', on Saturday nights. Many cultural groups criticized this and suggested the CBC air games from minor hockey leagues; the CBC responded that most such broadcast rights were already held by other groups, but it did base each ''Movie Night'' broadcast from a different Canadian hockey venue. Other than hockey, [[CBC Sports]] properties included [[Toronto Raptors]] basketball, [[Toronto FC]] soccer,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Toronto FC: CBC TV Broadcast Schedule – CBC Sports Online |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/torontofc-schedule.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730115047/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/torontofc-schedule.html |archive-date=July 30, 2008}}</ref> and various other amateur and professional events.

The telecast of the [[CBC Olympic broadcasts|Olympics]] including the Summer and Winter Olympic Games on Canadian television on CBC's broadcast started in 1956. It has the rights to broadcast the Olympic Games until 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |title=CBC extends Olympic rights through 2024 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/generic/cbc-olympic-rights-beijing-tokyo-1.3281050 |access-date=May 24, 2018}}</ref>

It was also the exclusive carrier of [[Canadian Curling Association]] events during the 2004–05 season. Due to disappointing results and fan outrage over many draws being carried on CBC Country Canada (now called [[Cottage Life (TV channel)|Cottage Life]]), the association tried to cancel its multiyear deal with the CBC signed in 2004. After the CBC threatened legal action, both sides eventually came to an agreement under which early-round rights reverted to [[The Sports Network|TSN]]. On June 15, 2006, the CCA announced that TSN would obtain exclusive rights to curling broadcasts in Canada as of the 2008–09 season,<ref>{{Cite web |title=TSN et l'Association canadienne de curling signent une entente de télédiffusion sans précédent jusqu'en 2014 |url=http://www.curling.ca/about_the_cca/press_releases/press_release.asp?id=1224102758 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013002608/http://www.curling.ca/about_the_cca/press_releases/press_release.asp?id=1224102758 |archive-date=October 13, 2006 |language=fr}}</ref> shutting the CBC out of the championship weekend for the first time in 40-plus years.

CBC Sports suffered another major blow when it was announced that after the 2007 season, the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] regular season games and the [[Grey Cup]] would be moving to TSN, ending the CBC's tenure with the CFL. It has been stated that the CFL was not happy with the CBC's lacklustre production during the CBC's 2005 union lock-out, which forced the network to use CBC management to work the behind-the-scenes telecast and use stadium public address announcers in place of their regular announcer crew.<ref>[https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=14384&writer=0 CFL.ca Network :: Official site of the Canadian Football League]</ref>

On June 23, 2007, the network aired the first game in a two-year deal to broadcast [[Toronto Blue Jays]] games;<ref>{{Cite news |title=2008 Broadcast Schedule |work=CBC News |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/broadcast-schedule.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105125803/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/broadcast-schedule.html |archive-date=November 5, 2012}}</ref> the contract ended at the end of the 2008 season, and was not renewed.

In August 2007, it was also announced that the CBC would broadcast [[National Basketball Association]] games involving the [[Toronto Raptors]], starting with the [[2007–08 NBA season]], through at least 2009–10; the CBC would carry 10 games for the 2007–08 and 20 games for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons.<ref name="CBCRaptor">{{Cite news |date=August 1, 2007 |title=CBC Sports signs broadcast deal with Raptors |work=CBC News |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/cbc-sports-signs-broadcast-deal-with-raptors-1.648715 |access-date=October 3, 2007}}</ref>

In November 2013, the CBC lost its rights to the NHL to [[Rogers Communications]], under a 12-year deal beginning in the [[2014–15 NHL season]]. The CBC concurrently announced a sub-licensing agreement with Rogers, under which it would supply [[NHL on Sportsnet|Sportsnet]]-produced ''Hockey Night in Canada'' broadcasts to CBC Television at no charge; all advertising during the broadcasts would be sold by Rogers, but the CBC would be provided with advertising time for its own programs.<ref name="gandm-howcbclost">{{cite news |last1=Shoalts |first1=David |title=Hockey Night in Canada: How CBC lost it all |website=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/hockey-night-in-canada-how-cbc-lost-it-all/article21072643/ |access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> Officially, the broadcasts are carried by a [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]]-licensed part-time network operated by Rogers and affiliated with all CBC Television stations. This was required to formally assign responsibility for the broadcasts to Rogers; on-air, the telecasts otherwise use CBC branding and continuity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2015 |title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-154: Rogers Media Inc. - Television network licence |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2015/2015-154.htm |access-date=July 25, 2015 |agency=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]}}</ref>

As a result of funding reductions from the federal government<!-- see 2012 Canadian federal budget --> and decreased revenues, in April 2014, the CBC announced it would no longer bid for professional sport broadcasting rights.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 10, 2014 |title=CBC to cut 657 jobs, will no longer compete for professional sports rights |publisher=CBC News |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-to-cut-657-jobs-will-no-longer-compete-for-professional-sports-rights-1.2605504 |access-date=April 10, 2014}}</ref>