Comments on: CTV/Rogers announce Olympic lineup http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/08/ctv-rogers-announce-olympic-lineup/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: solarzoo http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/08/ctv-rogers-announce-olympic-lineup/comment-page-1/#comment-116787 solarzoo Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:25:26 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3610#comment-116787 What's with Brian Williams announcing the technical glitches at the opening ceremonies to the world? Nice going Brian, you just broke the cardinal rule of 'live events' What's with Brian Williams announcing the technical glitches at the opening ceremonies to the world? Nice going Brian, you just broke the cardinal rule of 'live events'

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/08/ctv-rogers-announce-olympic-lineup/comment-page-1/#comment-57916 Fagstein Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:44:42 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3610#comment-57916 Probably a lot of repeats of major events. Not a lot is going to happen in Vancouver at 3am. I also expect a lot of events being carried simultaneously on more than one channel, plus, as you say, all the human interest stories and featurettes. Probably a lot of repeats of major events. Not a lot is going to happen in Vancouver at 3am. I also expect a lot of events being carried simultaneously on more than one channel, plus, as you say, all the human interest stories and featurettes.

]]> By: Josh http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/08/ctv-rogers-announce-olympic-lineup/comment-page-1/#comment-57908 Josh Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:44:02 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3610#comment-57908 I listened to an interview on a Toronto radio station yesterday with Keith Pelley, who runs this whole consortium. He said that there are 671 hours of competition in the Winter Olympics, and that CTV will be doing 22 hours a day of Olympic programming (with 2 hours set aside for news which will of course be largely Olympic-related). He said TSN and Sportsnet will both be in the 15-20 hour-per-day range. That adds up to something like 800 hours. Then, as you point out, there's OMNI, OLN and ATN. What are all these platforms going to show? Also in the interview, I can't put my finger on it, but boy, it sure sounds like the CTV Olympics are going to be a lot more in the vein of NBC than CBC - more human-interest stories, more interviews with the athletes and (uh-oh) more flag-waving. I listened to an interview on a Toronto radio station yesterday with Keith Pelley, who runs this whole consortium.

He said that there are 671 hours of competition in the Winter Olympics, and that CTV will be doing 22 hours a day of Olympic programming (with 2 hours set aside for news which will of course be largely Olympic-related). He said TSN and Sportsnet will both be in the 15-20 hour-per-day range. That adds up to something like 800 hours.

Then, as you point out, there's OMNI, OLN and ATN.

What are all these platforms going to show?

Also in the interview, I can't put my finger on it, but boy, it sure sounds like the CTV Olympics are going to be a lot more in the vein of NBC than CBC - more human-interest stories, more interviews with the athletes and (uh-oh) more flag-waving.

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