[hugh]

In Canada, television coverage of the tournament will air on TSN and Global TV while radio coverage will be available on Sirius XM.

TSN’s live coverage begins with The Masters Par 3 Contest on Wednesday, April 6 at 3 p.m. ET and continues with the first round on Thursday, April 7 at 3 p.m. ET. Along with live coverage of the second round on Friday, April 8 at 3 p.m. ET, TSN will repeat the third and final rounds at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday repsectively.

Global TV will provide tee-to-tee coverage during the final two rounds. Coverage will be Saturday, April 9th from 2:30pm until 7:00pm ET and Sunday, April 10 from 1:00pm until 7:00pm ET,

 

[thegman]

Dont forget the boatload of streaming on tsn.ca, amen corner, 15&16, two feature pairings, etcetc.

And I cant remember, but is this the one event that Global cant simsub or do they anyways?

 

[waterug]

They do sim-sub on Bell but Augusta National has strict limits on the number of commercials that can be aired per hour. I could only wish major league sports would do the same!

 

[NB Josh]

Only 4 minutes per hour of commercials IIRC. So much better than other golf events where that number is tripled or more. I believe The Players is the only other event that does this (and they have more than 4 minutes per hour). The other majors should at least go to a format like this, it makes golf much more watchable.

Both TSN and Global will produce 1-hour pre-shows before their coverage that are hosted live from Augusta.

 

[statman]

hugh,

I think it should be pointed out that the first hour of the coverage on both Saturday and Sunday is simply a 'Live from the MASTERS' and will not feature Live network coverage of the action but more behind the scenes stories and updates from what is happening on the course.

 

[threeputt]

Noticed that Shaw and Bell are going to provide coverage in 3D. Anything from Rogers yet?? If wrong forum, apologies.

 

[hugh]

I haven't seen any announcements but I'm sure if Bell and Shaw are carrying then Rogers will as well. I believe they all carried it last year in 3D

 

[welder]

No bug,no bottomline this is TSN at its best.

 

[Classof83]

TSN is forced by the Masters to have no bottom line (as is ESPN). CBS can't show any network promos for their shows (dramas / comedies) or identifiers via commercials during the broadcast as well, and you barely notice any of the network logos on the scoreboard. The Masters is very authorative in the broadcasting of its event.

 

[NB Josh]

They are. ESPN, TSN and Global can't air any commercials for their shows either. I think we will see the same few commercials on TSN and Global during the entire weekend because there are only a few sponsors. Of course, because there are only 4 minutes of ads/hour, it isn't bad at all. They went the entire first 30 minutes without a commercial today.

I'd guess that the only coverage that comes close to this is The Open on BBC, which is commercial free of course.

 

[threeputt]

I haven't seen any announcements but I'm sure if Bell and Shaw are carrying then Rogers will as well. I believe they all carried it last year in 3D

Unfortunately, I could not find any 3D coverage on Rogers today at all.

 

[jvincent]

Check channel 900. That is the 3D preview channel on Rogers.

As a golfer, Master's week is the best week of the year. Minimal commercials and the iron-fisted approach to no stupid promos, scrolling bars, etc. that ANGC imposes on it's broadcasters is so refreshing.

 

[beanagee1]

I watched the first round today that I had recorded. I got the sense that TSN was doing more 4 minutes of commercials per hour. I did not time them...

 

[NB Josh]

TSN wasn't showing more commercials than ESPN. It averages out at about 4 minutes per hour. I think the first and last hours had less than the in-between hours. This is what I noticed from watching most, but not all, of it.

 

[threeputt]

Check channel 900. That is the 3D preview channel on Rogers.

As a golfer, Master's week is the best week of the year. Minimal commercials and the iron-fisted approach to no stupid promos, scrolling bars, etc. that ANGC imposes on it's broadcasters is so refreshing.

I did check 900, no golf for sure.

 

[drmdrm]

Rogers Masters 2011

Look like Rogers is the only company on the planet not showing the Masters in 3D - guess I'll have to move to Shaw territory

 

[drmdrm]

Per Rogers "Shaw bought the rights to show it in 3D so Rogers can't show it".
They couldn't explain why Bell is showing it too. I said perhaps they bought the rights to show it too. Guess Rogers doesn't care about customers who love golf and have 3D.

 

[thegman]

I guess pre-game things are not exempt from station bugs.

and [email protected], a countdown til coverage?

And who are the two hosting it?

Stick to simsubbing Global. :-/

 

[NB Josh]

So people complain when Global doesn't air a pre-game that they don't care about golf and just want money. Then Global makes the effort to put a pre-game show on with the limited resources they have (which is no sports department), and people still complain. It is a lot better than two encores of The Simpsons.

TSN, ESPN and Golf Channel all have bottomlines during their pre-game coverage. What is wrong with a countdown to coverage? Fox, TNT and ESPN have used it for years for NASCAR coverage. Just this morning I saw BBC use it to countdown until their F1 qualifying. I've seen it on other sports too.

 

[thegman]

Global running a crawl? That takes balls.