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[Durban Sandshark]

Late in coming I know--been very, very busy these days and I still haven't finished the others thread. But we just gotta have a Commonwealth version of this, can we? This is where the Commonwealth Games coverage in 2010 in Delhi, India appears, since it gets a very nice following here. I'll start off with Canada. No, that CTV globemedia/Rogers Media Olympic behemoth isn't involved in India at all; too many Canadians are focused on hockey, MLS, NCAA and CFL right now. So the Commonwealth Games have a smaller share up there. Got the CBC/Bold TV schedule taken from the Canadian Sports Fans Blog (all times US/Canada EST):

2010 Commonwealth Games on CBC
CBC has announced their 2010 Commonwealth Games schedule. Coverage this year is better than ever for those who get Bold because Bold will provide 5+ hours of live coverage daily. CBC is basically treating this event like the Olympics (except there is no live coverage on the main net). The Games start in Delhi on Saturday October 3. I haven’t heard any information on CBC commentators yet, but if I do I’ll post those details too. Now here is CBC and Bold’s LIVE 2010 Commonwealth Games broadcast schedule

Sunday October 3
9:00am-1:00pm, Opening Ceremony – CBC

Monday October 4
6:00-8:00am, Swimming: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold
8:00-9:30am, Gymnastics: Men’s Team Final – Bold
9:30-11:00am, Women’s Hockey: Canada vs. Malaysia – Bold

Tuesday October 5
5:00-6:30am, Men’s Hockey: Canada vs. South Africa – Bold
6:30-8:00am, Swimming: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold
8:00-10:00am, Gymnastics: Women’s Team Final – Bold

Wednesday October 6
5:00-6:30am, Women’s Hockey: Canada vs. England – Bold
6:30-8:30am, Swimming: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold
8:30-11:00am, Athletics: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold

Thursday October 7
6:00-8:30am, Swimming: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold
8:30-10:30am, Athletics: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold
10:30am-noon, Men’s Hockey: Canada vs. England – Bold

Friday October 8
6:00-7:30am, Men’s Hockey: Canada vs. Wales – Bold
7:30-9:00am, Swimming: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold
9:00-11:00am, Athletics: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold

Saturday October 9
5:00-6:30am, Women’s Hockey: New Zealand vs. Canada – Bold
6:30-8:30am, Swimming: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold
8:30-11:00am, Athletics: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold

Sunday October 10
5:00-6:30am, Men’s Hockey: New Zealand vs. Canada – Bold
6:30-8:30am, Diving: Men’s 1m Synchro & Women’s 10m Synchro – Bold
8:30-11:00am, Athletics: Semi Finals and Finals – Bold

Monday October 11
6:00-8:30am, Diving: Men’s 3m & Women’s 10m Finals – Bold
8:30-11:00am, Athletics: Finals – Bold

Tuesday October 12
6:00-8:30am, Diving: Women’s 1m & Men’s 3m Synchro – Bold
8:30-11:00am, Athletics: Finals – Bold

Wednesday October 13
6:00-8:30am, Diving: Women’s 3m & Men’s 10m Finals – Bold
8:30am-noon, Boxing: Finals – Bold

Thursday October 14
6:00-7:30am, Athletics: Men’s & Women’s Marathons – Bold
7:30-9:30am, Men’s Hockey: Final – Bold
9:30am-noon, Closing Ceremonies – Bold

CBC will also air a daily highlights show from 3-4pm and midnight-1am local every week day of competition. There will also be a highlights show on Saturday October 9 from 1-3pm ET, Sunday October 10 from 2-4pm local and Saturday October 16 from 2-3:30pm ET on CBC.
Bold will re-air their live coverage in the afternoon and late night every day of competition. Afternoon coverage will generally run from noon or 1pm ET until 6pm ET, while late night coverage will usually start from 10pm ET.

[mattygs]

Well, TVNZ sold its New Zealand broadcast rights to SKY TV, so these will be there first Commonwealth Games, and no doubt they will be wanting to test the waters for their Summer Olympic debut in London . The coverage will be the best NZ has ever seen, featuring 5 24hr Commonwealth Games channels, in addition to this, they will have a mosaic channel which will feature 5 screens in 1, showing what's happening on all the other channels.
Prime TV will be the free to air broadcast partner featuring 12hrs of coverage a day.
I just flicked over, the the 6 Sky channels have just gone operational with a blurb page with the Sky TV Delhi 2010 look.

Our Broadcast





COMMONWEALTH GAMES DELHI 2010 MOSIAC CHANNEL
SKY’S COVERAGE AT A GLANCE
FREE TO AIR COVERAGE EXCLUSIVELY ON PRIME
ON -AIR TEAM
COMMENTARY TEAM



SKY will broadcast over 1400 hours of live TV coverage on both free to air & subscription TV channels, as well as online and mobile TV, hot on the heels of a strong build-up campaign

FIVE DEDICATED 24-HOUR COMMONWEALTH GAMES CHANNELS ON SKY

Never before has there been five dedicated channels to choose from, ensuring full LIVE coverage of events, wins and ceremonies, plus replays. What’s more, regular highlights and updates will be played on SKY Sport 1, 2 & 3. And to ensure a Kiwi perspective, SKY’s experienced commentary team will be on the spot, reporting live from Delhi. All five channels will be available to current SKY Sport subscribers at no additional cost.

MORE THAN 12 HOURS A DAY LIVE FREE TO AIR ON PRIME

The favourable time zones in Delhi means that our peak viewing time will be dominated by live coverage, culminating in highlights and replays of key events. Kicking off at 1.30am on Monday 4 October, the opening and closing ceremonies will be covered in full and New Zealand athlete events and medal ceremonies will be shown live whenever possible. Prime’s coverage will be presented by veteran broadcaster Eric Young, assisted by Melodie Robinson and Dennis Katsanos. It will also include a special Breakfast Highlights show each morning (approx 6.30am – 8.00am) hosted by Clint Brown. The Crowd Goes Wild will also offer their own irreverent perspective every weekday evening as part of Prime’s coverage.

All LIVE Games coverage will be in HD.

LATEST RESULTS ONLINE AND ON MOBILE TV

New Zealanders can keep on top of results with daily highlights, regular updates and extensive access on skysport.co.nz, and the full PRIME coverage will be available on SKY Mobile TV

[Brekkie Boy]

I assume Sky Sports in NZ is part of the Murdoch empire, so will it share a lot of it's coverage with Foxtel in Australia, who are offering six channels. Ten is the FTA broadcaster, with ONE simulcasting in HD and showing additional coverage when Ten shows the news from 5-6pm.


And the BBC as ever is the broadcaster in the UK. Coverage will be anchored in London, though morning heats in swimming and athletics will only be on the red button. Live coverage begins around 8/9am, with highlights from the heats and during the first week, the Track cycling finals. Live coverage continues until Commonwealth Games Report at 5pm, with daily highlights at 7pm. However, a 48-hour strike is planned by BBC staff on 5th/6th October which could hit coverage.

[Brekkie Boy]

Next weeks strike has been called off, so coverage won't be affected.

[micheal_warren]

Well, TVNZ sold its New Zealand broadcast rights to SKY TV, so these will be there first Commonwealth Games, and no doubt they will be wanting to test the waters for their Summer Olympic debut in London . The coverage will be the best NZ has ever seen, featuring 5 24hr Commonwealth Games channels, in addition to this, they will have a mosaic channel which will feature 5 screens in 1, showing what's happening on all the other channels.
Prime TV will be the free to air broadcast partner featuring 12hrs of coverage a day.
I just flicked over, the the 6 Sky channels have just gone operational with a blurb page with the Sky TV Delhi 2010 look.

I am very much looking forward to skys coverage. Although I will miss John McBeth and Keith Quinn calling the opening ceremony!

[mattygs]

I will too, but McBeth will still be commentating, not sure what though - probably swimming again. Ill actually miss him with Anthony Moss who have been the tvnz swimming commentators for some time.
Never know, John might be doing the opening ceremony. Possibly Steven McIvor and Lavina Good (who funnily enough did Melbournes opening too).

Not sure about the Foxtel relationship though.

[micheal_warren]

I will too, but McBeth will still be commentating, not sure what though - probably swimming again. Ill actually miss him with Anthony Moss who have been the tvnz swimming commentators for some time.
Never know, John might be doing the opening ceremony. Possibly Steven McIvor and Lavina Good (who funnily enough did Melbournes opening too).

Not sure about the Foxtel relationship though.

Anthony Mosse was great. I will always remember Mosse calling with McBeth Danyon Loader's two gold medals in Atlanta

[Brekkie Boy]

The BBC's coverage looks to be relatively poor this year on network TV at least. Yes, Sky viewers will get the 5-6 streams (Freeview viewers only get an extra one, and no replay at night), but on BBC1/2 themselves there is as little as 7 hours of live coverage a day, with no early morning live coverage of the swimming and athletics heats. They're not even showing the marathon live on network television.


Although this obviously compares favourably with Canada, compared to PRIME and Ten down under it falls short of their 12-16 hours of network TV coverage a day, and indeed compared to previous games is a notable downsizing of coverage.

[Brekkie Boy]

P.S. I don't suppose there is a site similar to the eurovisionsports.tv/olympics site with all available streams of coverage on?

[Brekkie Boy]

Are Australia, New Zealand and Canada anchoring from their respective countries like the BBC, or are any braving it out in Delhi?

Must say the BBC coverage seems to lost a lot by being in a studio in London rather than in the city itself. Also like Beijing Huw Edwards and co. ruining the ceremony by just talking through it - they need a serious rethink for London.