NYR
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Agreed, it is so much better on CBC.
The old hockey players TSN have as a part of their panel now are terrible. The only thing good is Bob McKenzie, and you get everything he says on-air a moment later on his Twitter feed.
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CBC Wins Olympic Broadcast Rights in Canada - RIP "I Believe"
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Agreed, it is so much better on CBC.
The old hockey players TSN have as a part of their panel now are terrible. The only thing good is Bob McKenzie, and you get everything he says on-air a moment later on his Twitter feed.
KernelPanic
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Having to listen to Glenn Healy and PJ Stock makes that impossible.
Dark Schala
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YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS. Thank goodness. Got sick of it towards the end of Vancouver. Already sick of it now.
Feeling mixed on this.
CTV has several channels at their disposal + streaming for the Olympics, and I've sorta liked some of what they've sort of done so far (I mean, most of the events I watch aren't even commentated on, so that's nice). But I miss CBC doing it, and they're a public broadcaster, which is a good thing since Bell/Rogers won't have their hands touching it. But like someone else said, CBC's recent Olympics coverage (Beijing, especially) wasn't that great. My dad said he doesn't like CTV's coverage much this year compared to Vancouver, though.
But as long as there's streaming, I'm good.
I don't think Brian Williams will go back to the CBC after what happened (unless they offer a lot of money). It's going to be really weird without him if he doesn't go back.
This would certainly be preferred, but I don't see it happening, heh.Quick said:
firehawk12
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It's been a while, but he signed a contract with CTV so CBC decided to let him go instead of keeping him on until his current contract ran out.
BigJonsson
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Whats the time difference in Sochi anyway
And that's saying something.
The NHL on TSN panel is fine for the most part, but the actual hockey broadcast is pretty meh.
BigJonsson
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I can't stand most of the hockey panel on TSN and Sportsnet
I also can't stand Don Cherry
But I do like Satellite Hotstove........maybe because its only on once a week unlike seeing McLean, Kypreos, Dreger, etc... 5 times a day on the other channels
Wendel Clark
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Let's take this moment to remember a great Bob Cole Olympic moment! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiu1S70O6XU
OpinionatedCyborg
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the best thing about CBC having the Olympics... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE28zktx3bk
e: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWMvvVm-FZU&feature=related
the problem is, I dunno if Bob Cole even remembers this nowadays
e: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWMvvVm-FZU&feature=related
the problem is, I dunno if Bob Cole even remembers this nowadays
distantmantra
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YES!!! We get Vancouver's CBC affiliate in Seattle, HD even. I was so bummed when CTV got the rights for Vancouver and London.
*reads Solo's posts*
Honestly though, unless you work for CBC, or have rose-tinted glasses about their coverage, nobody should be happy about this. In fact, I'm shocked at how pro-CBC this thread has been.
distantmantra
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1. We don't get CTV in Seattle, but we do get CBC.
2. CBC shows everything live. NBC doesn't.
I'm fucking stoked. But I'm American, so I know what I want doesn't really matter much concerning this.
homeworkfilms
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Maybe I do have rose tinted glasses from watching the 2008 Olympics beside my dying father but this was by far the best news I have had all week with respect to Canada and the games. I believe in a strong national public broadcaster so I hope this is momentum towards sealing a future NHL deal as well, which should help keep CBC strong despite all the cuts in recent years.
Ahh, yes, I can see how it benefits Americans in that sense. As a Canadian, I'm not saying that CTV is the be-all-end-all or anything, but their coverage has absolutely wiped the floor with CBC's over the past 2 Olympics. CBC's last games, Beijing......well, I'd barely even refer to that as "coverage".
But since CBC is apparently gonna work with TSN on this, which may get them to three channels (CBC/TSN/TSN2) like CTV is right now (CTV/SN/TSN), I'll just wait and see, I guess.
The biggest issue with the next game is that Sochi as 8 hours ahead of eastern time. Ugh. Dat gold medal hockey game at 10am :lol
But since CBC is apparently gonna work with TSN on this, which may get them to three channels (CBC/TSN/TSN2) like CTV is right now (CTV/SN/TSN), I'll just wait and see, I guess.
The biggest issue with the next game is that Sochi as 8 hours ahead of eastern time. Ugh. Dat gold medal hockey game at 10am :lol
distantmantra
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I saw a bit of CTV's coverage when I was in Vancouver over the weekend, seemed pretty good and not as biased toward Canadian athletes as CBC is. They also appeared to use some NBC coverage, which I found intersting.
I think you should at least give CBC the benefit of the doubt. It has been 4 years since they last broadcast the Olympics and the consumption of media has changed a lot since then. It does worry me that there is only one CBC channel in HD right now,(on satellite anyways) but I think they'll be up to par by Sochi. CBC seems to be at a point right now where they have to make what they have work, so I'm sure they'll put a lot of effort into their coverage.
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