Common sense Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Horrible. Absolutely horrible. Never mind that the CBC is dying in finances and just laid off 10% of its crew, but their coverage and analysis is already subpar compared to other media giants like the consortium. The only redeeming factor in all this is that Jim Hughson will be calling hockey games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Champions of Nothing Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Booo!!! CTV is doing a fabulous job with the consortium, no need for a downgrade to CBC coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 That it definitely not the hd package I have with shaw.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamero89 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! CTV/SN/TSN had 3 channels on a basic cable package that showed multiple events. Last time CBC had the Olympics 3 Canadian gold medals, and 6 total medals were not shown live. CTV has shown every medal won live this year and 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucksbiggestfan Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 This is horrible, the only positive I see from this is Jim Hughson, that's it. Now we will have to listen to guys like Kevin Weekes be horrendous on an international level. Also don't get me started on Ron Maclean, PJ Stock, and Mike Millbury. Why didn't they just stick with Bell Media (along with SN), I mean they sponsor the Canadians in the Olympics anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_ws Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Talk about a major downgrade... CTV has done an awesome job for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM24 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 This is terrible. TSN/CTV did a fantastic job, and now the coverage will just suck. CBC should give TSN HNIC too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marleau_12 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Hopefully Burrows makes Team Canada in 2014. Eff you Ron MacLean! But here's to Mark Lee and Kevin Weekes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Will the CBC be around to broadcast the games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I don't think it's all that bad. I'm kinda glad the publicly funded and owned broadcaster will be able to use this as a source of revenue to sell parts off to private industry in order to stabilize its own funding shortfalls, thanks in large part to the head up ass conservative federal gov't. I don't mind if they take on hockey, curling, speed-skating and hand over other event coverage to CTV, Sportsnet and TSN,or give hockey to TSN or the highest bidder, as it's the most valuable revenue generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeydews Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 The only good thing about this is Jim hughson might do a hockey game in Russia. But TSN CTV Sportsnet are all doing a amazing job. Does that mean there's gonna be a different Olympic song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamero89 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Not good at all. CBC has ONE channel in all basic cable packages. Last time they had the Olympics they put a bunch of really important Canadian events on their on channels like CBC Bold. These channels were only in about 2 million Canadian households. Compare this to the CTV coverage that had: CTV, SN, TSN, and OLN all available in basic cable packages, and with 3 of them available to at least 25 million Canadians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I don't think it's all that bad. I'm kinda glad the publicly funded and owned broadcaster will be able to use this as a source of revenue to sell parts off to private industry in order to stabilize its own funding shortfalls, thanks in large part to the head up ass conservative federal gov't. I don't mind if they take on hockey, curling, speed-skating and hand over other event coverage to CTV, Sportsnet and TSN,or give hockey to TSN or the highest bidder, as it's the most valuable revenue generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamero89 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 CBC cut about 450 jobs this year, and they're going to cut more (projected altogether about 600 jobs or so). Are you going to tell me that the level of coverage and analysis will be that of the Bell/Rogers alliance founded 2 years ago? Of course, it's even more absurd to consider the idea of CBC winning the bid for the Olympics, and then selling off its largest moneymaker to TSN. Tell me - the Olympics being in Sochi, how many people will actually care for the Rochettes, Montgomeries, or the Kevin Martins this time around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Don Cherry in the Winter Olympics?! Heaven forbid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danimal Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I will love hearing Steve Armatige's voice calling swimming and Speed Skating events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamero89 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I do recall some of their Beijing Olympics coverage being featured on TSN. Vic Rauter covered fencing for TSN while Russ Anber provided commentary for the boxing events. I'm quite positive a similar arrangement will be made for the 2014 Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Bell, Rogers, and CBC don't have an relationship of any kind anymore. CBC has already said they will not lend out coverage of the 2014/2016 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_coolcat Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Nooooo! This is terrible news. CTV's coverage has been vastly superior. When it was on CBC I always ended up missing out on several of my favourite sports (particularly in the summer Olympics) simply because they were not broadcasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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