TSN and Sportsnet getting coverage is good, but as someone who remembers suffering through CTV's painful Olympic hockey telecasts in '88 and '92 (anyone else remember the classic "ballsy move!" call ?? mad props to anyone who remembers who the commentator was and who he was talking about - hint it was a penalty shot) I'm going to miss the HNIC crew doing the Vancouver games... especially since Cole/Neal will likely be mercifully retired by then.
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Cdn sports fans: CTV, Rogers win Olympic rights over CBC
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TSN and Sportsnet getting coverage is good, but as someone who remembers suffering through CTV's painful Olympic hockey telecasts in '88 and '92 (anyone else remember the classic "ballsy move!" call ?? mad props to anyone who remembers who the commentator was and who he was talking about - hint it was a penalty shot) I'm going to miss the HNIC crew doing the Vancouver games... especially since Cole/Neal will likely be mercifully retired by then.
I wouldn't care much except that, going by my memories of the previous CTV olympic broadcasts they just can't quite pull off the same level of polish as CBC does. CTV just doesn't have much in the way of regular sports broadcasting, so their Oly stuff was just thrown together with freelance announcers and commentators from regional networks getting the call and it showed, everything was just a bit off. There was just a huge change in the quality of the telecasts when CBC took over and had established TV sports crews who did enough hockey/football/etc events to do the Olympics justice.
The good thing is that now more than in the early 90's TSN is big enough to take up the slack. So maybe my nightmare of having Lloyd Robertson in studio introing the Canada/Russia gold medal game and sending it a play-by-play announcer who was let go from HNIC a year before and colour commentators Vicki Gabereau and Nick Kypreos won't come to pass.
The good thing is that now more than in the early 90's TSN is big enough to take up the slack. So maybe my nightmare of having Lloyd Robertson in studio introing the Canada/Russia gold medal game and sending it a play-by-play announcer who was let go from HNIC a year before and colour commentators Vicki Gabereau and Nick Kypreos won't come to pass.
The content of CBC coverage is unsurpassed, CBC does not have the amount of stations Bell/Rogers does. I do not see why CBC/Bell and Rogers did not make a deal.
I do not like the idea of having Sportsnet and TSN doing Olympics. It will mean a lose of normal content, Jays/Leafs/Raptors, on dedicated sports networks.
I do not like the idea of having Sportsnet and TSN doing Olympics. It will mean a lose of normal content, Jays/Leafs/Raptors, on dedicated sports networks.
Vicky Gabareau :lol
Anyways, it's about time. Like Shinobi and I were discussing in irc, CTV and Sportsnet have way more channels to devote to Olympic coverage 'round the clock. Plus there's the always thorny issue of the CBC using public dollars to bid for the rights in the first place, but that's another argument for another day.
Anyways, it's about time. Like Shinobi and I were discussing in irc, CTV and Sportsnet have way more channels to devote to Olympic coverage 'round the clock. Plus there's the always thorny issue of the CBC using public dollars to bid for the rights in the first place, but that's another argument for another day.
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TSN and Sportsnet owned by the same owner? Rogers got sportsnet IIRC?
Mike Works
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"THAT SCANDINAVIAN POLE VAULTER WHO FINISHED FOURTH IS MY MONSTER PERFORMER OF THE FIRST THIRD OF DAY 2'S OUTDOOR EVENTS!"
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The Olympics isn't the same without Brian Williams
Canadian Olympic coverage by CBC is regarded as pretty much the best in the world and then this happens
BOOOOOOO
Canadian Olympic coverage by CBC is regarded as pretty much the best in the world and then this happens
BOOOOOOO
This was big enough news that we had to have a meeting about it today.
There are certain rumblings around the office that corus may try to buy CTV from Bell.
Should that happen, our department may be called upon to head up some of the mobile productions for the 2010.
That's very good news for me.
(That's only if I stay with the company long enough)
There are certain rumblings around the office that corus may try to buy CTV from Bell.
Should that happen, our department may be called upon to head up some of the mobile productions for the 2010.
That's very good news for me.
(That's only if I stay with the company long enough)
bishoptl said:Plus there's the always thorny issue of the CBC using public dollars to bid for the rights in the first place, but that's another argument for another day.
Oh, I'll make the argument right now...fuck the CBC and their use of tax dollars to bid for shit that private channels could cover just as well. That's not a shot against the sports guys or their coverage which has been excellent, but the last CTV-run event was 13 freaking years ago, and I would think they could improve a little bit from that level since then. And I'd rather have the ability to see as many events as I want, and we're gonna have that in spades with this deal. CTV, TSN, OLN, Sportsnet (which will be used as four seperate channels), Omni, APTI, plus the local Rogers stations...can't see what there is to complain about.
The only thing that sucks is that CBC might blow their sports department to smitherings in a few years, but most of those people would no doubt find work in the Bell or Rogers fold. And I wouldn't be surprised if Brian Williams is among them (heh, would be pretty funny if Bell and Rogers got into a bidding war over him :lol). Nope, this deal has nothing but upside for me...I'll finally be able to watch some live badmington, squash and table tennis, three of the most mindblowing top-level events to watch, instead of a few minutes of highlights.
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