Each club had been scheduled to play a 20-game schedule leading to a final four CEBL Championship Weekend in Edmonton, August 14-16. The condensed season means each game means that much more, and we are thrilled to be able to provide a national stage for these athletes and the league. CBC will also televise both semifinal games the afternoon of Saturday, August 8, as well as the championship game at 12 p.m. Once the country's dominant sports broadcaster, in recent years it has lost many of its … Get the latest headlines, opinion, and video from CBC Sports about NHL hockey, CFL and NHL football, MLB baseball, NBA basketball, curling, skiing, figure skating, and Hockey Night in Canada.

Our distinctively homegrown entertainment programming draws audiences from across the country. It will use eight cameras, including two netcams, to deliver live coverage of seven games, including the openers, the semi-finals and the final, for nationwide broadcast on CBC, and will also debut AutomaticTV, the MEDIAPRO Group’s proprietary AI-driven fully automated sports production system, to produce High Definition live multi-camera coverage of 19 games for CBC Gem – marking the first time the technology has been used in Canada.

MEDIAPRO Group produces live coverage of more than 12,000 events around the world each year through its 58 offices on four continents.In the CEBL Summer Series each club will play the other once in a round robin competition.

The league’s seven teams will convene in St. Catharines, Ontario for a 26-game competition that ends August 9 with the CEBL Championship game. CBC Sports is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for English-language sports broadcasting.The CBC's sports programming primarily airs on CBC Television, CBCSports.ca, and CBC Radio One. The third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds, will face each other for the right to advance to the semifinals against the first and second-seeded teams. The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) and CBC Sports announced Friday the full schedule of games for the CEBL Summer Series, which tips off July 25 and will be the first live professional sports action in Canada since the COVID-19 outbreak in March. More information is available at www.cebl.ca CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's Olympic Network through 2024 and Canada's Paralympic Network through 2020. The dates are subject to the status of the province of Ontario’s phased-in reopening process. This tournament will be exciting summer entertainment for Canadians at just the right time.” MEDIAPRO Canada has been selected to produce live coverage of all 26 games, supplying all technical facilities, production crew, and transmission services. ET (10:30 a.m. PT) on Saturday, July 25, followed by the expansion Ottawa BlackJacks making their league debut against the Guelph Nighthawks at 3:50 p.m. The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) and CBC Sports announced Friday the full schedule of games for the CEBL Summer Series, which tips off July 25 and will be the first live professional sports action in Canada since the COVID-19 outbreak in March.

CBC Sports prides itself on telling the story of the high-performance athlete's journey every step of the way, ensuring Canadians always know the people who represent them before they see them atop the podium.CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster. “It is fitting that our premier media partner is Canada’s Olympic Network and has a legacy of supporting and showcasing the best Canadian athletes. Players come from the NBA G-League, top international leagues, the Canadian National Team program, and top NCAA programs as well as from U SPORTS. We are leading the transformation to meet the needs of Canadians in a digital world.Executive Vice President, Strategy & CommunicationsJoanna Landsberg                                                        Publicist, CBC Sports and Podcasts ET (12:50 p.m. PT).CBC Sports will live stream all games of the Summer Series on the free CBC Gem streaming service, cbcsports.ca, and the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices. Deeply rooted in communities, CBC/Radio-Canada offers diverse content in English, French and eight Indigenous languages. The national public broadcaster is committed to showcasing Canadian and international athletes and sports across all platforms under the CBC Sports and Hockey Night in Canada brands, including on television, online at cbcsports.ca and via the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices. The team with the worst record will be eliminated and the remaining six will be seeded into a bracket. A league created by Canadians for Canadians, the CEBL has the highest percentage of Canadian players of any professional league in the country, with 80% of its current rosters being Canadians. People across the country will be able to see for themselves through CBC’s platforms why Canada has emerged as one of the world’s powerhouses when it comes to producing world class professional basketball talent.”“We are excited to bring live sports back to audiences in local communities across the country, who are just as hungry for the return to play as we are,” said Chris Wilson, Executive Director, Sports & Olympics, CBC. CBC will broadcast seven games on television starting with the CEBL Summer Series opening-day doubleheader featuring the Hamilton Honey Badgers versus the Niagara River Lions at 1:30 p.m. (The CBC's French-language Radio-Canada network also produces sports programming.).