Established in 2007, Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium (legal name ''7048467 Canada Inc.'', also sometimes referred to informally in branding as CTV Olympics and RDS Olympiques, additionally referred to as the National Olympic Network by BBM Canada) was a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

set up by Canadian

media Media may refer to: Communication * Means of communication, tools and channels used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Interactive media, media that is inter ...

companies

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(formerly

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) and

Rogers Media Rogers Media Inc., operating as Rogers Sports & Media, is a Canadian subsidiary of Rogers Communications that owns the company's mass media and sports properties. Operations Current television brands owned by Rogers include two television sys ...

to produce the Canadian broadcasts of the

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, Canada, and the

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in London, England, as well as the two corresponding

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. Bell owned 80% of the joint venture, and Rogers owned 20%. The consortium encompassed many of the properties owned by both companies, including Bell Media's

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, TSN, RDS and

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, and Rogers Media's

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, OLN, and the Rogers radio stations group. Several other broadcasters carried consortium coverage, including

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(formerly V), and several channels owned by

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. Finally, dedicated websites in English and French (''ctvolympics.ca'' and ''rdsolympiques.ca'') were set up to stream live coverage over the

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to Canadian viewers. The consortium replaced

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, which had held the Canadian rights to all Olympics beginning with the 1996 games, although some cable rights had been sub-licensed to TSN / RDS beginning in 1998. Rogers announced in September 2011 that it would withdraw from the consortium following London 2012, and therefore not participate in its bid for rights to the

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and

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. The company cited scheduling conflicts and financial considerations for the decision. Bell Media then announced a new partnership with the

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to bid for Canadian

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of Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016. Broadcast details for the joint bid were never released. The joint Bell/CBC bid was considered the prohibitive favourite to win the rights when the

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accepted bids. However, the Bell/CBC bids were rejected by the IOC. On August 1, 2012, CBC Sports announced that it had made a deal to broadcast the 2014 and 2016 Summer and Winter Olympics, replacing the Bell/Rogers group. However, in February 2013, CBC announced that both Sportsnet and TSN would sub-license broadcast rights to the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Participating media outlets

Television

*Primary coverage (live coverage of major events, and highlights of all events) was carried on CTV (English) and

(French), known as V in 2010. **As there is no full-time CTV affiliate in

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, coverage was simulcast on Bell-owned CTV Two Atlantic, which is available on cable in Newfoundland (in other areas, CTV Two carried normal programming). During the 2010 Winter Olympics, over-the-air station NTV carried only the opening and closing ceremonies, and coverage of the men's hockey gold medal game. **Noovo's coverage was produced by RDS and mostly used that channel's talent, as V has no in-house production staff for news or sports. Similarly, most hosts for CTV's coverage came from TSN. **Since Noovo has limited coverage outside Quebec, its coverage of the 2010 games was simulcast on the Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC), which has mandatory carriage on all cable and satellite providers. *Secondary coverage (full events and some highlights between events) aired primarily on TSN and

(English), as well as RDS and

(French). Select TSN coverage was rebroadcast later on

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. OLN (English) also provided full-event coverage of selected outdoor events. *Multilingual coverage on various

stations: ** Omni.1 (Ontario) only: Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Ukrainian ** Omni.2 (Ontario), Omni Edmonton, Omni Calgary, Omni British Columbia: Cantonese, Mandarin **Omni BC only: Punjabi *Multilingual coverage on seven

channels: ** ATN Bangla (

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) ** ATN Gujarati ( Gujarati) **

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(

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) ** ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi and ATN MH1 ( Punjabi) ** ATN Jaya TV (

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) ** ATN ARY Digital (

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) * APTN provided coverage of the 2010 games in several native languages; including (

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, Mechif,

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, Mohawk,

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and

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). In some cases the network was split, with commentary in two or three different languages on the East, West, and North feeds. It also aired some English and French coverage as an overflow channel. APTN did not participate in coverage for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Radio

*English-language radio coverage aired over Rogers's Sportsnet Radio Network. Ten Rogers stations, namely "Sportsnet Radio" (

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Toronto and

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Calgary), all-news or news/talk stations (

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Vancouver,

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Toronto, CFFR Calgary, CKGL Kitchener, CHNI-FM Saint John, CJNI-FM Halifax, and CKNI-FM Moncton), as well as CISQ-FM Whistler, were listed as "official" Consortium stations and typically air most if not all coverage. Portions of the coverage aired on other

radio stations, as well as several other stations in non-competing markets (such as CTV-owned

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). *

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radio coverage of the 2010 games was aired on Cogeco radio stations, primarily airing on

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Montreal (then an all-sports station). No similar coverage plans were announced for the 2012 games.

Other affiliated outlets

*Several other Bell Media-owned channels, such as CTV News Channel and

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) provided ancillary (non-event) coverage related to the games. CTV-owned music channel

MuchMusic Much is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. through its Bell Media subsidiary that airs programming aimed at teenagers and young adults. It is headquartered at 299 Queen Street West in what was o ...

broadcast programming live from the Vancouver area throughout the 2010 games, including special editions of ''

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'' broadcast from Whistler. *''

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'', a national newspaper which was owned by CTVglobemedia at the time of the Vancouver games (and is currently 15% owned by Bell Media's parent company), was listed as part of the consortium and supplied content for its websites, however its sponsorship/coverage of the games is independent of the broadcast rights.

History

Early coverage

CTV has previously broadcast the Summer Games in

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

(along with CBC) and

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, and the Winter Games in

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

(along with CBC),

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

and

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

. The 1980 "

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" game was aired live on CTV in Canada, but not

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in the United States. Thus, American viewers who resided in or near the Canada–US border and received the CTV signal could watch the game live, but the rest of the United States had to wait for a delayed rebroadcast.

Rights fees

In 1974, Johnny Esaw (who anchored CTV's prime time Olympic coverage from 1964–1980) became vice-president of CTV Sports, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1990. He negotiated the host broadcasting rights to the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m ...

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. As the main host broadcaster for the 1988 Winter Olympics, the CTV television network paid $4.5 million for domestic rights to the 1988 Winter Olympics. Coverage for the 1988 Winter Games was panned by critics and viewers alike, especially compared to the well-received ABC coverage despite significant resources mobilized and 118 hours of live coverage. Esaw also brought the

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to CTV. Production of the broadcasting for the 1994 Winter Olympics in

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, which costs NOK 462 million, was the responsibility of the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...

(NRK), with assistance from CTV and the

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(EBU). NRK had 1,424 people working at the Olympics, while international broadcasters sent an additional 4,050 accredited broadcasting personnel. The transmission rights for the games were held by EBU in Europe,

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in the United States,

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in Japan, CTV in Canada, the

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in Australia, as well as other broadcasters in other countries. The total transmission rights price was 350 million United States dollars.

Commentators

* Rod Black anchored CTV's coverage of the

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and

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, were an international winter multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Hav ...

. *

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provided

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coverage of the

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for North American audiences since 1972, working for the CBC, the

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(ABC), and the

before moving on to NBC. More recently, he covered events at the

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, including

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, and

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for NBC, and, along with longtime partner, Don Duguid, called curling at the

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and in the

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for NBC. *

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worked on CTV's coverage of the

and the

. * Dan Kelly was the lead play-by-play hockey broadcaster for CTV at the

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. * Dan Matheson hosted the network's coverage of the

, the

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, and the

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. *

Jiggs McDonald John Kenneth "Jiggs" McDonald (born November 28, 1938) is a sportscaster who has done play-by-play announcing for NHL games for more than 50 years. In 1990, McDonald received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame. Biogr ...

did play-by-play on CTV for Olympic basketball games in 1992. *

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paired with

as the lead broadcasting team for CTV's ice hockey coverage at the

. The secondary team was

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and Tom Watt. * Bernie Pascall broadcast Gymnastics at 1976 Montreal Olympics, Hockey 1976 from Innsbruck, Austria, Hockey 1980 Lake Placid, NY including only live TV in North America of USA vs Russia, also broadcast Hockey at 1984 Games in Sarajevo, Cross Country Skiing 1988 Calgary/Canmore *

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was a host of special events programming such as the network's 1993 election and

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coverage and the

. * Ron Reusch covered the

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(

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), the

(

), the

(

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), and the

(

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). * Frank Rigney was the colour commentator for both the

and CTV football broadcasts, plus covered other sports such as the

and the

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. *

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was the prime time anchor for CTV's coverage in

and

2010 Winter Olympics

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", COBMC press release, 2010-01-12

Television

Consortium coverage originated primarily from the

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(the

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for the 2010 games) as well as Mountain Square in Whistler. *CTV: An average of 22 hours per day of coverage, focusing on the major events and highlights. ''Times varied on certain days depending on events in progress'' **''Olympic Morning'': 3:00-9:00am PT (6:00-12:00pm ET), with Beverly Thomson,

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, and Melissa Grelo **''Olympic Daytime'': 9:00am–2:30pm PT (12:00-5:30pm ET), with James Duthie,

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, and Michael Landsberg **''Olympic Prime Time'': 3:00-11:00pm PT (6:00-2:00am ET), with

Brian Williams Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American journalist and television news anchor. He was a correspondent for ''NBC Nightly News'' starting in 1993, before his promotion to anchorman, anchor and managing editor of the broadcast in ...

and Jennifer Hedger **''Olympic Late Night'': Midnight to 3:00am PT (3:00-6:00am ET), no host (event repeats) :The only breaks in coverage were for 30-minute local newscasts daily at 2:30 pm PT (5:30 pm ET), as well as a one-hour newscast produced by CTV British Columbia at 11:00pm PT (2:00 am ET). Two ''

CTV National News ''CTV National News'' is the flagship newscast of CTV News, the news division of the CTV Television Network, which airs at 11:00 pm local time on the CTV stations across Canada, and is produced from CTV's facilities at 9 Channel Nine Court in Sc ...

'' summaries, anchored by

at CTV's main Vancouver studios, were aired nightly during ''Olympic Prime Time''; the regular ''CTV National News'' broadcast aired solely on CTV News Channel for the duration of the games. From 3:00 – 6:00am PT (6:00 – 9:00am ET) CTV News Channel also aired a simulcast of CTV's ''Olympic Morning''. *Noovo (V): Major events and highlights in French, averaging 16.5 hours per day, including a morning show simulcast from RDS *TSN and Rogers Sportsnet: Full-event coverage, averaging 18 hours per day on each channel (produced by Paul Graham) *OLN: Full-event coverage of outdoor events, averaging 4.5 hours per day *RDS: Full-event coverage in French, averaging 21 hours per day *RIS: Full-event coverage in French, averaging 6 hours per day *Omni: Multilingual coverage, averaging up to 6 hours per day (depending on location; not all coverage carried on all stations) *ATN: Multilingual coverage, averaging 6.5 hours a day across seven channels *APTN: Coverage in English, French, and Aboriginal languages, averaging 13 hours a day The television broadcast was filmed with 39 new Hitachi SK-HD1000 studio/field cameras from Hitachi Kokusai Electric including on-site

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. The cameras were also used to broadcast the

. Following the games, portions of CTV's set were re-purposed by its Vancouver affiliate CIVT for its newscasts.

Radio

English-language coverage was provided by the Sportsnet Radio Network, and included coverage of the opening and closing ceremonies, selected hockey games, special editions of ''

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'', and various updates / programs on the games. French-language coverage, which was similar in scope, was carried by Corus Québec.

Broadcast team

=Hockey studio

= * James Duthie (host) *

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(host) * Daren Millard (host) * Bob McKenzie (analyst) * Nick Kypreos (analyst) * Darren Pang (analyst)

2012 Summer Olympics

The consortium also held rights to the

. Coverage plans for those games were follows (see

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Broadcast team

English broadcasters French broadcasters

Other rights

Paralympic Games

The consortium also owned rights to the corresponding

, namely the

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and the

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. Coverage for the 2010 games consisted primarily of coverage of the opening ceremonies (live on CTV British Columbia, and on tape delay on the rest of the CTV network and RIS); daily highlights packages split among CTV, TSN and Sportsnet in English (and RDS / RIS in French); and live coverage of all

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games featuring the Canadian team. Although not originally scheduled, CTV and RDS later added live coverage of the closing ceremonies. Coverage for the 2012 games offered no live television coverage and consisted primarily of 10 late night highlight shows carried on

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, and

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, though rebroadcasts of the opening ceremony were carried on both CTV and Rogers-owned broadcast network

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Criticism of Paralympic Games coverage

=2010 Winter Paralympics opening and closing ceremonies

= Originally, CTV did not plan to air the

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live. After receiving criticism on the decision, CTV changed its mind and decided to air the ceremony live in Vancouver region. CTV originally continued to stick to its initial plan of not airing the

closing ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly constructed location or the start of an event.

live. This decision led to more complaints and CTV relented by airing the closing ceremony live across Canada.

=2012 Summer Paralympics

= Despite the

being a breakthrough games for international media coverage, giving a significant boost to the overall audience shares of British broadcaster

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and Australia's

, no Paralympics sports events were shown live on television in Canada or the United States. "Based on the level of overall coverage, it's clear that Canadian broadcasters do not deem disability to be important. They are not supporters of inclusion", SCI BC ( BC Paraplegic Association) Executive Director Chris McBride said, contrasting Canada's coverage with Britain's. More than 1,000 people signed a petition calling for Canadian broadcasters to provide full Paralympics coverage at future Games.

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President

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criticised North American broadcasters for having fallen behind and said in future the International Paralympic Committee would scrutinize broadcast partners more carefully. "If the values fit, we've got a chance. If they don't we'll go somewhere else", he said.

Youth Olympics

Finally, the consortium owned broadcast rights to the first

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, the

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. Coverage of those games was limited to a one-hour daily highlights package on

and

(rebroadcast several weeks later on TSN).

References

External links

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Participating media outlets

Television

Radio

Other affiliated outlets

History

Early coverage

Rights fees

Commentators

2010 Winter Olympics

Television

Radio

Broadcast team

=Hockey studio

2012 Summer Olympics

Broadcast team

Other rights

Paralympic Games

Criticism of Paralympic Games coverage

=2010 Winter Paralympics opening and closing ceremonies

=2012 Summer Paralympics

Youth Olympics

See also

References

External links