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Toronto Raptors reach three year broadcast agreement with CBC

TORONTO (CP) _ The Toronto Raptors reached a three-year broadcast agreement with CBC on Wednesday.

The network will broadcast up to 10 regular-season games during the 2007-08 season, and up to 20 regular-season games in each of the following two seasons.

It will mark the Raptors' first appearance on CBC.

``This is a great time for us to get involved with the Raptors,'' CBC Sports executive director Scott Moore said in a statement. ``They have built a strong, exciting team whose success will only continue to grow over the long-term, both on the court and in the Canadian marketplace.''

Raptors games appeared on Rogers Sportsnet, TSN and The Score last season, with a limited number of games broadcast exclusively on Raptors NBA TV, the team's digital cable network.

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