Look at the sparse crowds that watch high school or even most university football or basketball games in Canada compared to the US. Skiers, snowboarders, and speed skaters almost become household names in Canada during the Olympics, but we rarely hear from them for the years in between Olympics.
Three weeks before the Olympics started, a major curling event was held in Camrose. Despite the politics, crooked judging and doping scandals, the Olympic brand remains as strong as ever in Canada. They might not watch snowboarding or moguls for years, but in the Olympics, it becomes must see TV. The other clear reason for the amount of coverage we get is the rapid expansion in the number of channels.
More channels require more on-air talent and I like the way CBC is using some well-known personnel from other media outlets like TSN and Sportsnet to complement their people. Citing information from the ratings company Numeris, CBC says two out of every three Canadians watched a part of its Olympic coverage between February 7 - That Although many events can be watched in prime time, others are taking place during the middle of the night and replays are shown during the day. Much of it is live spread across channels despite events airing from midnight UK time onwards!
Great to hear from you. Thank you very much for letting us know. A friend of mine, in an email to me this week, wondered what kind of coverage the people in GB were getting. Now he know it's very good too. Thank you! I'm an American and I can speak from experience here because I've seen Canadian coverage and American coverage side by side.
NBC has long been accused of only showing Americans. I remember very well when Ross Rebagliati was initially stripped of his medal in Nagano before it was re-instated.
Brian Williams gave no appearance of objectivity there. Here's the big difference though and you pointed it out briefly.. Our expert line-up of international winter sport stars, combined with our round-the-clock coverage, will ensure that the Beijing Olympic Winter Games take pride of place in an already mouth-watering sporting year.
A virtual-reality studio, based at Media City UK, will provide a ski lodge setting to bring viewers their favourite events, must-see moments and live reports from the host city.
Welcoming viewers from 6am until 9am on BBC Two, Jeanette Kwakye will take over to bring the latest live events from the slopes and arenas. From 9. Viewers watching live programmes on BBC iPlayer can make use of the live restart function to watch events from the beginning. The day will include live coverage in the morning followed by a special edition of TODAY, an afternoon Olympics preview show, and an enhanced primetime presentation of the Opening Ceremony, with a special focus on Team USA.
Team USA is expected to feature all nine of its gold medalists from PyeongChang along with several other top medal contenders. They include: three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White snowboarding ; Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim snowboarding ; three-time Olympic medalist, including two golds, Mikaela Shiffrin alpine skiing ; three-time world champion and Olympian Nathan Chen figure skating ; two-time Olympic gold medalist David Wise freestyle skiing ; three-time Olympic medalist, including two golds, Jamie Anderson slopestyle and big air ; Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard slopestyle ; three-time Olympic medalist Elana Meyers Taylor bobsled ; Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins cross-country skiing, who won gold with since-retired Kikkan Randall ; Olympic bronze medalist Brittany Bowe speed skating ; and Olympian Erin Jackson speed skating.
The U. And in a media first — smack dab in the middle of the Winter Games — we get to broadcast the Super Bowl. February 13 will be the biggest day in sports media history, with the Olympics flanking Super Bowl coverage all day on NBC and Peacock — and Telemundo for the game — an unparalleled one-two punch.
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