IF you can't beat 'em, join 'em! CBC is gonna join Bell Media for a joint 2014-2016 Olympic Bid. I wouldn't be surprised if Rogers, Shaw, Canwest-Global and Score Media joined for a joint bid, in which they'd air the bulk of the coverage with over the air coverage by CBC, Radio-Canada, CTV or Global. Or maybe a mixture of all 3 of them.
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BELL & CBC TO JOIN IN OLYMPIC BID!
- Thread starter blackgold
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Rogers is right out. No bidding for Olympics.
Good point on teaming up. I still have my doubts though.
Rogers wants to pour their money into other ventures like the new all news channel for Toronto, (CityNews channel) and a fight to bring MORE Bills games to Toronto.
Good point on teaming up. I still have my doubts though.
Rogers wants to pour their money into other ventures like the new all news channel for Toronto, (CityNews channel) and a fight to bring MORE Bills games to Toronto.
I can't see Global being interested in the Olympics. Sports has never been a significant part of their programming strategy, and when they have aired sports, production has usually been outsourced.
M.J. said:
Ah, but Global is now in the hands of Shaw, which owns Shaw Direct.
I'm still agreeing with you though because the CRTC is in the process of banning companies from having exclusive coverage of anything on any platform.
This puts an end to any speculation of exclusive "Shaw direct only" coverage of the Olympics.
As of this writing (July 2nd, 2012), I don't think there has been any interest openly displayed by any Canadian broadcaster in the 2014 Winter (Sochi, Russia) and 2016 Summer (Rio DeJaneiro) Olympics package.
I don't know if any other major Canadian media companies will jump in.
I'm beginning to wonder, considering that Sochi is 19 months away, that at least the 2014 Winter Games might not get televised in Canada.
Or are the interested parties hoping that the IOC will be so desperate for at least small change from Canadian TV that they'll capitulate a few months from now so whoever gets the Canadian TV rights to Sochi gets them for less than the IOC has been hoping to get, and get the rights barely in time to plan coverage??
Or will Canadian viewers have to settle for viewing the Games on NBC stations across the border and get the sliced, diced, up-close-and-personaled coverage NBC will provide for the 'States??
I don't know if any other major Canadian media companies will jump in.
I'm beginning to wonder, considering that Sochi is 19 months away, that at least the 2014 Winter Games might not get televised in Canada.
Or are the interested parties hoping that the IOC will be so desperate for at least small change from Canadian TV that they'll capitulate a few months from now so whoever gets the Canadian TV rights to Sochi gets them for less than the IOC has been hoping to get, and get the rights barely in time to plan coverage??
Or will Canadian viewers have to settle for viewing the Games on NBC stations across the border and get the sliced, diced, up-close-and-personaled coverage NBC will provide for the 'States??
Azumanga:
My concern for people north of the border is that I wonder is a year-and-a-half (or less) will be enough time for a network to properly plan for the Sochi Winter Olympics.
It is true that the network who won TV rights to the first Olympics carried in the U.S., CBS, only got the rights to the 1960 Winter Games (Squaw Valley) about six months beforehand the that year's Summer Games (Rome) about a year before.
But coverage was not very elaborate, especially compared to how the Olympics are covered today on TV in most of the world.
Hopefully, by the end of the Summer, the Sochi rights will be determined so the winning network will get a year-and-a-half to plan, which may barely be enough time.
My concern for people north of the border is that I wonder is a year-and-a-half (or less) will be enough time for a network to properly plan for the Sochi Winter Olympics.
It is true that the network who won TV rights to the first Olympics carried in the U.S., CBS, only got the rights to the 1960 Winter Games (Squaw Valley) about six months beforehand the that year's Summer Games (Rome) about a year before.
But coverage was not very elaborate, especially compared to how the Olympics are covered today on TV in most of the world.
Hopefully, by the end of the Summer, the Sochi rights will be determined so the winning network will get a year-and-a-half to plan, which may barely be enough time.
From what I've heard in the media, They're waiting to see if the Olympics will allow NHL players that year. It's a deal that's in negotiations right now, and if they aren't, the networks don't want to pay a high price for bidding rights. They feel that's where they make their money. For me, that's a stupid reason. I watch everything but Olympic hockey, as hockey is on 12 and a half months a year anyway. I want to see the skiing, the luging and speedskating.
I'm sure I'm in the minority though.
I'm sure I'm in the minority though.
I think an even bigger problem for Canadian TV regarding the next Winter Olympics than whether NHL players will be in the men's hockey tournament is the matter of time difference between the Olympic site (Sochi, Russia) and the East Coast.
Sochi is 8 hours ahead of the Canadian (and U.S.) Eastern time zone. When it's 8 P.M. in Toronto (and New York), it's 4 A.M. the next morning in Sochi.
It's the worst possible time difference for a Winter Olympics on North American television.
Nothing shown after 4 P.M. EST can be live. Prime-time on NBC (and whoever wins the Canadian rights, if anyone) will be all on tape (BTW, I can see NBC's weekday daytime coverage running from 1:30 to 4 P.M. EST).
And that will open the possibility that people will find out results quite a few hours before prime-time coverage begins.
On the other hand, I can see a number of events starting at 8 A.M. local time (i.e. alpine and cross-country ski races; and perhaps hockey games involving the U.S. and Canadian men's/women's teams) which would be 12 Midnight EST (and prime-time on the West Coast assuming that the Canadian rightsholder's "prime-time" coverage starts at 4 or 5 P.M. PST).
For the two Games after Sochi, things will be a little better for TV rightsholders in North America.
The 2016 Summer Games will be in Rio, which should insure plenty of live prime-time coverage.
Although the 2018 Winter Games will be somewhere in South Korea, halfway around the world, I can see U.S. rightsholder NBC putting pressure on the organizers to hold alpine skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, figure-skating, speed skating and the hockey finals in the morning (local time), which would translate to live prime-time coverage in North America.
Sochi is 8 hours ahead of the Canadian (and U.S.) Eastern time zone. When it's 8 P.M. in Toronto (and New York), it's 4 A.M. the next morning in Sochi.
It's the worst possible time difference for a Winter Olympics on North American television.
Nothing shown after 4 P.M. EST can be live. Prime-time on NBC (and whoever wins the Canadian rights, if anyone) will be all on tape (BTW, I can see NBC's weekday daytime coverage running from 1:30 to 4 P.M. EST).
And that will open the possibility that people will find out results quite a few hours before prime-time coverage begins.
On the other hand, I can see a number of events starting at 8 A.M. local time (i.e. alpine and cross-country ski races; and perhaps hockey games involving the U.S. and Canadian men's/women's teams) which would be 12 Midnight EST (and prime-time on the West Coast assuming that the Canadian rightsholder's "prime-time" coverage starts at 4 or 5 P.M. PST).
For the two Games after Sochi, things will be a little better for TV rightsholders in North America.
The 2016 Summer Games will be in Rio, which should insure plenty of live prime-time coverage.
Although the 2018 Winter Games will be somewhere in South Korea, halfway around the world, I can see U.S. rightsholder NBC putting pressure on the organizers to hold alpine skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, figure-skating, speed skating and the hockey finals in the morning (local time), which would translate to live prime-time coverage in North America.
Joseph_Gallant said:
I believe some events can be shown live in North America during the overnight hours, as 12 Midnight in Toronto and New York, equates to 8AM in Sochi, though some big ticket events, such as figure skating and hockey, would be delayed for prime-time the next day. Where the west coast is concerned, the "overnight" coverage would be live on the CBC and/or TSN at 9PM PT in Vancouver, but knowing NBC, the 8PM ET coverage would be tape-delayed for the west coast, just because.
Alpine skiing is almost always held in the morning or early afternoon to assure enough time to run everyone down the mountain in case weather comes in. The Sapporo and Nagano games featured live skiing in late-night (Sapporo, NBC) and prime time (Nagano, CBC, with knuckleheaded CBS a night behind, which meant every morning newspaper in the country beat CBS by 12 hours).
tvnut said:
And NBC is no saint these days, especially to the Rockies & Pacific. What they did with Vancouver 2010 was totally inexcusable. Good thing I had CTV available - and will for London.
BTW: Another good thing I remember from CBC's Nagano coverage: the video countdown they ran each night instead of test pattern to pass the time before the overnight show began. Shot from a hilltop, they showed the city going from day into night (or was it night to day?). Regardless, it was your moment of Zen.
I hope CBC gets the Olympics again. As always, Canadian coverage is always 10x better than N [BS] C. Earlier this afternoon CTV had the Opening Ceremonies live at 4PM ET/1PM PT. Watching NBC I know it will be another fluff-fest with giggling involved. That's what happened with Meredith Viera and Matt Lauer tonight...
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Crainbebo:
You've got it.
The CBC will carry the 2014 Winter Games (Sochi, Russia) and 2016 Summer Games (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil).
You've got it.
The CBC will carry the 2014 Winter Games (Sochi, Russia) and 2016 Summer Games (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil).
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