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

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) was a

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set up by Canadian

media Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass e ...

companies

Bell Media Bell Media Inc. (French: ) is a Canadian company formed by the amalgamation of several companies. Establishment (2011–13) On December 9, 2011, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced the sale of its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports ...

(formerly

CTVglobemedia Bell Media Inc. (French: ) is a Canadian company formed by the amalgamation of several companies. Establishment (2011–13) On December 9, 2011, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced the sale of its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports ...

) and Rogers Media to produce the Canadian broadcasts of the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The ...

, Canada, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, as well as the two corresponding Paralympic Games. 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 CTV Television Network, TSN, RDS and

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, and Rogers Media's Omni Television, Sportsnet,

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, and the Rogers radio stations group. Several other broadcasters carried consortium coverage, including Noovo (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 CBC Sports, 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 2014 Winter Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. The company cited scheduling conflicts and financial considerations for the decision. Bell Media then announced a new partnership with the CBC 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 Noovo (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

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, which is available on cable in Newfoundland (in other areas,

CTV Two CTV 2 is a Canadian English-language television system owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. The system consists of four terrestrial owned-and-operated television stations (O&Os) in Ontario, one in British Columbia and two regional ...

carried normal programming). During the 2010 Winter Olympics, over-the-air station

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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 Sportsnet (English), as well as RDS and

(French). Select TSN coverage was rebroadcast later on

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

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( Bengali) ** ATN Gujarati ( Gujarati) ** ATN Channel (

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

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( Tamil) ** ATN ARY Digital (

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' APTN provided coverage of the 2010 games in several native languages; including ( Cree,

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, Inuktitut, Mechif,

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Mohawk Mohawk may refer to: Related to Native Americans * Mohawk people, an indigenous people of North America (Canada and New York) *Mohawk language, the language spoken by the Mohawk people * Mohawk hairstyle, from a hairstyle once thought to have been ...

Ojibway The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains. According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...

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" ( CJCL Toronto and

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

CKWX CKWX (1130 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Rogers Sports & Media, it broadcasts an news/ talk radio format branded as ''CityNews 1130''. CKWX's studios and offices are located at 2440 Ash ...

Vancouver,

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Toronto,

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Calgary, CKGL Kitchener, CHNI-FM Saint John,

CJNI-FM CJNI-FM (95.7 MHz) is a Canadian radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia. CJNI has a News/ Talk/Sports format branded as ''CityNews 95.7''. The station is owned by Rogers Sports & Media which also owns sister station CFLT-FM. CJNI-FM is currently ...

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

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). * French-language radio coverage of the 2010 games was aired on Cogeco radio stations, primarily airing on CKAC 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 Discovery Channel) provided ancillary (non-event) coverage related to the games. CTV-owned music channel MuchMusic broadcast programming live from the Vancouver area throughout the 2010 games, including special editions of '' MuchOnDemand'' 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

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(along with CBC) and 1992, 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 Patriarc ...

, 1968,

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 mean solar tim ...

, 1980,

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 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

and 1994. The 1980 " Miracle on Ice" game was aired live on CTV in Canada, but not ABC 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 in

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. As the main host broadcaster for the 1988 Winter Olympics, the CTV television network paid $45 million for domestic rights to the 1988 Winter Olympics. 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 (NRK), with assistance from CTV and the European Broadcasting Union (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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, Nine Network in Australia, as well as other broadcasters in other countries. The total transmission rights price was 350 million United States dollars.

Commentators

Rod Black Rod Black (born September 28, 1962) is a Canadian sports announcer best known for his work with CTV Sports and TSN from 1990 to 2021. He is now a host and brand ambassador for NorthStar Bets, a brand of NorthStar Gaming. Education Black was bor ...

anchored CTV's coverage of the

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in Barcelona, Spain and

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. * Don Chevrier 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 CTV Television Network before moving on to NBC. More recently, he covered events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, including

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, and synchronized swimming for NBC, and, along with longtime partner,

Don Duguid Donald Gordon Duguid (born January 25, 1935) is a Canadian champion curler. A three-time winner of the Canadian Brier and two-time World Curling champion, Duguid won the Brier in 1965, 1970 and 1971, and the Worlds in 1970 and 1971. He was on ...

, called curling at the

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and in the

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for NBC. * Rob Faulds worked on CTV's coverage of the

in Barcelona, Spain and the

. * Dan Kelly was the lead play-by-play hockey broadcaster for CTV at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. *

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hosted the network's coverage of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the

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, and the

in Lillehammer. *

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did play-by-play on CTV for Olympic basketball games in 1992. * Greg Millen paired with Don Chevrier as the lead broadcasting team for CTV's ice hockey coverage at the

. The secondary team was Dan Shulman 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 * Valerie Pringle was a host of special events programming such as the network's 1993 election and 1995 Quebec referendum coverage and the

. *

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covered the

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(

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), the 1988 Winter Olympics in

(

), the

in Barcelona, Spain (

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), and the

(

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). * Frank Rigney was the colour commentator for both the CBC and CTV football broadcasts, plus covered other sports such as the

and the

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Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. *

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was the prime time anchor for CTV's coverage in

and

2010 Winter Olympics

For the 2010 Winter Olympics, coverage was as follows:Vancouver 2010 Coverage by Network
", 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

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Jay Onrait Jay Michael Onrait (born August 29, 1974) is a Canadian television personality and sports anchor who hosts ''SC with Jay Onrait'' on TSN. From 2003 to 2021, he has been frequently paired with fellow Canadian broadcaster Dan O'Toole. In his fir ...

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, and Melissa Grelo **''Olympic Daytime'': 9:00am–2:30pm PT (12:00-5:30pm ET), with James Duthie, Lisa LaFlamme, and Michael Landsberg **''Olympic Prime Time'': 3:00-11:00pm PT (6:00-2:00am ET), with Brian Williams 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

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at 11:00pm PT (2:00 am ET). Two '' CTV National News'' 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 *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 2012 Summer Olympics. 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 2012 Summer Olympics. Coverage plans for those games were follows (see above).

Broadcast team

English broadcasters French broadcasters

Other rights

Paralympic Games

The consortium also owned rights to the corresponding Paralympic Games, namely the 2010 Winter Paralympics and the

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. Coverage for the 2010 games consisted primarily of coverage of the opening ceremonies (live on

, 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

, Sportsnet One, and

RDS2 RDS2 is a Canadian French language sports specialty channel, acting as the secondary feed of French language television network Réseau des sports, owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc. The channel was launched on October 7, 2011, to coincide wit ...

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

Criticism of Paralympic Games coverage

=2010 Winter Paralympics opening and closing ceremonies

= Originally, CTV did not plan to air the opening ceremony 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 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

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

and Australia's ABC, 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 Spinal Cord Injury BC (SCI BC) is a not-for-profit organization that helps people with spinal cord injuries and related injuries adjust, adapt and thrive by providing answers, information and community experiences in the Canadian province of Briti ...

) 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. International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven 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

Youth Olympic Games The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consiste ...

, the

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

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

(rebroadcast several weeks later on TSN).

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=2012 Summer Paralympics

Youth Olympics

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