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ticky · 2012-04-23, 05:37 PM

I highly doubt we will see anything here in Canada. Seems like a lot of effort to cater for the 13 people that own a 3D TV. FYI: Channel 9 in Australia will also be setting up a FTA 3D channel in major cities.

Reading into it though, it seems there isn't really that much 3D action that is going to be show:

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The broadcaster says the extravagant opening and closing ceremonies will be shown in the format, as will nightly highlights from the games. The only sporting event to be shown live in 3D will be the men's 100 metre finals on 5 August.

And I except to see NBC outshine the Canadian coverage. CTV/Rogers went all out for "our Olympics", and will no doubt scale it down a huge amount due to $$$ and (most likely) lesser ratings in general.

kirjtc2 · 2012-04-27, 12:40 PM

Having commentators call the action after the fact was common back in the Wide World of Sports era, but I don't think anyone's done that in years. Definitely not during the Olympics.

David M · 2012-05-18, 11:44 AM

http://www.webpronews.com/ces-2012-p...ympics-2012-01

otafever · 2012-06-09, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by StickyDragon

I am so glad CTV got the contract for the olympics. Their coverage is so much better than CBC's. I especially love how many channels they have simultaneously playing different sports. I went to the US for a week during the last Winter Olympics also, and their coverage was so much worse than the Canadian coverage. You only got coverage during certain hours of the day on CNBC and NBC and the rest of the day was their usual programming.

I absolutely hate the CTV olympic coverage! They show a lot of the key games on TSN and Sportsnet, so people who don't subscribe to those channels don't get to watch it. Plus their commentators are amateurish and don't know how to commentate. I'd take CBC over CTV any day of the week.

pc955 · 2012-06-11, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ticky

I'm sure Bell will charge a fortune for their Mobile TV app.

A little off-topic, but I'm hoping IOC has some new and decent graphics this year. If I recall correctly, they have been using the same ones for quite a while now.

No, the IOC already used new graphics for the Vancouver games. The old rectangular graphics were used from Sydney 2000 until Beijing 2008. If you have paid attention, the Vancouver olympics graphics used parallelograms instead of rectangles, and featured a mountain background on it instead of just the colour blue. So I expect the IOC to countinue to use the new graphics that they stated to use in Vancouver, just with a background that is reflective of the summer games. Besides, it's just used to show the score and athletes' names, so it's no big deal. Most people don't care about the graphics anyway.

alebowgm · 2012-06-11, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by pc955

Besides, it's just used to show the score and athletes' names, so it's no big deal. Most people don't care about the graphics anyway.

Really? Clearly you haven't seen THIS thread.

ticky · 2012-06-12, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by pc955

No, the IOC already used new graphics for the Vancouver games. The old rectangular graphics were used from Sydney 2000 until Beijing 2008. If you have paid attention, the Vancouver olympics graphics used parallelograms instead of rectangles, and featured a mountain background on it instead of just the colour blue. So I expect the IOC to countinue to use the new graphics that they stated to use in Vancouver, just with a background that is reflective of the summer games. Besides, it's just used to show the score and athletes' names, so it's no big deal. Most people don't care about the graphics anyway.

I paid little attention to the winter Olympics. Was more talking about the Summer Games and their graphics.

3DHD · 2012-06-24, 07:56 PM

The Canadian Press issued the following statement on June 6, 2012:

No 3D Olympics coverage in Canada; broadcast consortium says too expensive

TORONTO - It looks like Canadians won't get a chance to see any 3D coverage of the London Olympics.

Adam Ashton, president of Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, says providing coverage of
some of the events in 3D proved to be too expensive.

He also says the number of Canadians who actually own a 3D TV was another discouraging factor.

The consortium will air more than 5,500 hours of coverage — when combining TV broadcasts and
online streaming — during the 17 days of the Olympics.

TV coverage will air on CTV, TSN, Sportsnet, OLN, RDS, V, OMNI.1, OMNI.2 and ATN.

In the U.S., NBC plans to air 242 hours of 3D coverage, including the opening and closing ceremonies.
The BBC has also announced 3D plans.

"3D is a very expensive business proposition and a tough business model that requires big investment
and support by a number of different partners," Ashton said.

"We did explore it for quite some time last year but it just didn't make sense for our market at this time."

Hopefully Canadian service providers will opt to air the 3D coverage that NBC plans on broadcasting in the US.

Cheers!

Doppelganger399 · 2012-06-24, 08:27 PM

What about coverage on CTV2 Atlantic(ASN) they carried the main CTV Olympic feed 2 years there is no CTV in NL.

I'm asking for someone who won't upgrade and get a box.

Bayguy · 2012-06-28, 02:45 AM

does anybody here really know yet how much Olympics CTV will show live? CBC used to do it but the only CTV Olympics they've had so far were in Vancouver so that wasn't a real test b'cuz it was Canada so it was special and also in a Canada time zone. I really hope they'll show lots of stuff live but the only info I can find talks about TV and website togethr and doesn't say how much of it will be on TV. Boy I hope CTV keeps doing live stuff like CBC did no matter what the time zone was.

swan_ch · 2012-06-28, 06:07 AM

I believe they will announced it very soon as CRTC had just agreed to Bell that CTV can have less time for news and "described video programming" during the Olympic.

And I believe that means there will be lots of live shows from London on CTV.

reidw · 2012-06-29, 09:28 AM

@bayguy: Relax. CTV will be broadcasting almost nothing but the Olympics on TV for the 17 days. The only issue some may have is that prime time won't have any live events as it will be after midnight in London. There's nothing that can be done about that.

Now then, what I and many here really want to know is whether or not Bell TV will have live feed announcer-less channels they offered in Vancouver and Beijing. Without the so-called talking head experts, they were a joy to watch.

Bayguy · 2012-06-30, 01:26 PM

reidw yes I realize that their won't be live sports at night that's okay as long as they show them during the day when theyre happening!

That's one thing we'll miss about Bell--we liked the raw video feeds. But now that we have Shaw we have HD so that will be nice.

Simonizer · 2012-07-01, 09:58 PM

Never in a trillion years would I watch CTV.

I can't wait for Bobaloo Costas and NBC.

Bayguy · 2012-07-13, 01:43 AM

Hi everybody I just foudn this on CTV's web site:

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/viewers-gu...pdt/index.html

I also looked at NBC and they aren't airing the opening ceremony live at all even online! They are doing more live stuff this year on like NBC Sports so thats good but I'm sure glad we have CTV so we can watch more stuff live! Of course lots of it is too early on the West Coast but we can tape it and watch it when we get up. Thats still better than waiting for some chopped up rerun on NBC...

2012-05-18, 11:44 AM	#18
David M Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brampton 410/Queen Posts: 30	NBC 3D Olympics - announced @ CES http://www.webpronews.com/ces-2012-p...ympics-2012-01

2012-06-24, 07:56 PM	#23
3DHD Rookie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 2	No 3D Olympics coverage in Canada... The Canadian Press issued the following statement on June 6, 2012: No 3D Olympics coverage in Canada; broadcast consortium says too expensive TORONTO - It looks like Canadians won't get a chance to see any 3D coverage of the London Olympics. Adam Ashton, president of Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, says providing coverage of some of the events in 3D proved to be too expensive. He also says the number of Canadians who actually own a 3D TV was another discouraging factor. The consortium will air more than 5,500 hours of coverage — when combining TV broadcasts and online streaming — during the 17 days of the Olympics. TV coverage will air on CTV, TSN, Sportsnet, OLN, RDS, V, OMNI.1, OMNI.2 and ATN. In the U.S., NBC plans to air 242 hours of 3D coverage, including the opening and closing ceremonies. The BBC has also announced 3D plans. "3D is a very expensive business proposition and a tough business model that requires big investment and support by a number of different partners," Ashton said. "We did explore it for quite some time last year but it just didn't make sense for our market at this time." Hopefully Canadian service providers will opt to air the 3D coverage that NBC plans on broadcasting in the US. Cheers!

2012-06-28, 02:45 AM	#25
Bayguy Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Baja BC Posts: 489	How much live on CTV?? does anybody here really know yet how much Olympics CTV will show live? CBC used to do it but the only CTV Olympics they've had so far were in Vancouver so that wasn't a real test b'cuz it was Canada so it was special and also in a Canada time zone. I really hope they'll show lots of stuff live but the only info I can find talks about TV and website togethr and doesn't say how much of it will be on TV. Boy I hope CTV keeps doing live stuff like CBC did no matter what the time zone was.

2012-06-29, 09:28 AM	#27
reidw Veteran Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Stratford, PE. Posts: 2,508	Calm Down @bayguy: Relax. CTV will be broadcasting almost nothing but the Olympics on TV for the 17 days. The only issue some may have is that prime time won't have any live events as it will be after midnight in London. There's nothing that can be done about that. Now then, what I and many here really want to know is whether or not Bell TV will have live feed announcer-less channels they offered in Vancouver and Beijing. Without the so-called talking head experts, they were a joy to watch.

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2012-04-27, 12:40 PM	#17
kirjtc2 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fredericton, NB Posts: 617	Having commentators call the action after the fact was common back in the Wide World of Sports era, but I don't think anyone's done that in years. Definitely not during the Olympics.

2012-06-24, 08:27 PM	#24
Doppelganger399 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Marystown, NL Posts: 483	What about coverage on CTV2 Atlantic(ASN) they carried the main CTV Olympic feed 2 years there is no CTV in NL. I'm asking for someone who won't upgrade and get a box.

2012-06-28, 06:07 AM	#26
swan_ch Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: North Burnaby, BC Posts: 110	I believe they will announced it very soon as CRTC had just agreed to Bell that CTV can have less time for news and "described video programming" during the Olympic. And I believe that means there will be lots of live shows from London on CTV.

2012-06-30, 01:26 PM	#28
Bayguy Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Baja BC Posts: 489	reidw yes I realize that their won't be live sports at night that's okay as long as they show them during the day when theyre happening! That's one thing we'll miss about Bell--we liked the raw video feeds. But now that we have Shaw we have HD so that will be nice.

2012-07-01, 09:58 PM	#29
Simonizer Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 308	Never in a trillion years would I watch CTV. I can't wait for Bobaloo Costas and NBC.

2012-07-13, 01:43 AM	#30
Bayguy Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Baja BC Posts: 489	Hi everybody I just foudn this on CTV's web site: http://www.ctvolympics.ca/viewers-gu...pdt/index.html I also looked at NBC and they aren't airing the opening ceremony live at all even online! They are doing more live stuff this year on like NBC Sports so thats good but I'm sure glad we have CTV so we can watch more stuff live! Of course lots of it is too early on the West Coast but we can tape it and watch it when we get up. Thats still better than waiting for some chopped up rerun on NBC...