SkiFreak Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Thought I'd start a thread for CBC's coverage. I'm a little confused with CBC's webcast page. Slopestye is listed but I can't find a link to bring up a player. Anybody know where there is a link? I"m on this page right now: http://olympics.cbc.ca/online-listing/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/video/men-snowboarding-slopestyle-webcast.html total bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/video/men-snowboarding-slopestyle-webcast.html total bs "Video Error" Yup, Total BS. Funny, they don't have any links to bring up a player on their listed webcasts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 ...love how these broadcasters try to act so tech savvy and modern but cant keep a tiny feed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team USA Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Working Now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Working Now Yup. I got it too. Here: http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/live/video/men-snowboarding-slopestyle-webcast.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 MISSED THE FIRST 30MIN OF SOCHI 2014. looks gnarly now though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rio2016man Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 fantastic job of Olympics for cbc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 I'm impressed with the webcasts on CBC. 720p for the most part. The sliding panel with live results and athlete profiles is useful. I hope their servers keep up with HD bitrate for the rest of the Games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 I'm impressed with the webcasts on CBC. 720p for the most part. The sliding panel with live results and athlete profiles is useful. I hope their servers keep up with HD bitrate for the rest of the Games! Once it got going is was pretty good. But going by the comments It looks like a lot of people had problems getting it going at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 For those watching the Opening Ceremony online, it looks like you'll be able to choose between the broadcast (hosted by Peter Mansbridge) and the webcast (unedited OBS feed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 So, did CBC and Radio-Canada made an intro for the Opening Ceremony like CTV/RDS did for Vancouver, which I thought was great? Furthermore, what was the Opening Ceremony preview pre-show before the OC. What do you guys think? Would've like to see them from a Canadian POV. I noticed on the CBC's Olympic TV schedule that Radio-Canada Television isn't quite as wall to wall with its Olympic TV coverage as the CBC did; looks more like not going completely with each event (save for hockey) and going for the same time slots--RDS and TVA Sports go for their full events on their respective coverages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 CBC had a one-hour preview show. The production was very similar to CTV, with mini-features on Canadian athletes, a short retrospective of Vancouver 2010, a segment on Russia itself, a quick overview of the venues, the new events, and an introduction to the broadcast schedule planned for Sochi. One segment also mentioned athletes to watch from other countries. In terms of coverage, I'd say the ratio is about 3/5th in English, 2/5th in French. Radio-Canada is relying on RDS, TVA Sports, ArtTV, RDI and Explora to carry some of the coverage in French. CBC has TSN, TSN1, Sportsnet, Sportnet One and CBC News. There is a daily block between 5-7pm where none of the channels have Olympic coverage, leaving them clear for the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangwon Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 I cannot stand those kids singing that they all play for Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 CBC had a one-hour preview show. The production was very similar to CTV, with mini-features on Canadian athletes, a short retrospective of Vancouver 2010, a segment on Russia itself, a quick overview of the venues, the new events, and an introduction to the broadcast schedule planned for Sochi. One segment also mentioned athletes to watch from other countries. In terms of coverage, I'd say the ratio is about 3/5th in English, 2/5th in French. Radio-Canada is relying on RDS, TVA Sports, ArtTV, RDI and Explora to carry some of the coverage in French. CBC has TSN, TSN1, Sportsnet, Sportnet One and CBC News. There is a daily block between 5-7pm where none of the channels have Olympic coverage, leaving them clear for the news. OK, thanks for that! I knew that from the beginning of CBC's plans there will be slightly less French language coverage than in English. I need to study the entire CBC schedule more to see if there's more condensetion on the French side. Liked the intro with a re-recording of the CBC Olympics theme. Did CBC present an intro like what CTV and RDS did for the Vancouver Opening Ceremony? You know, that Stephen Brunt essay "More"? I do wish the multilingual coverage (OMNI, APTN, ATN) was retained, but it seems to hold greater interest when held in Canada and would be too cost-prohibited to do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brekkie Boy Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 When they use footage from Vancouver do they use CTV commentary, or is it either OBS or no commentary. Not quite sure how the copyright works there - possible the IOC rather than CTV get the rights to the footage as it aired in Canada, and hence CBC can use it for archive footage purposes. Here's the French version of the opener (until the IOC find it!) - easily the best I've seen this: And the English version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZOa5hAzBmk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Did CBC present an intro like what CTV and RDS did for the Vancouver Opening Ceremony? You know, that Stephen Brunt essay "More"? I do wish the multilingual coverage (OMNI, APTN, ATN) was retained, but it seems to hold greater interest when held in Canada and would be too cost-prohibited to do it again. CBC opened its pre-show with a 2 minute intro called 'Let the Games Begin' (the video is on YouTube but is geo-restricted; you can try to watch with Hola extension for Chrome/Firefox or via VPN). There were more segments, but I can't remember off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 I for one am happy to hear the ol' CBC Olympic intro music again. It has pretty much been the same since Seoul 1988, just re-orchestrated with each Olympiad, adding a bit of local culture/sound into the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Not the most impressed with CBC's coverage. Too much human interest/commercials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Not the most impressed with CBC's coverage. Too much human interest/commercials There's a lot of that in the winter because there's always several periods of downtime during the day at the Winter Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 CBC is showing its medal table ranked with golds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Not the most impressed with CBC's coverage. Too much human interest/commercials Wait.. you mean NBC isn't the older broadcast that shows human interest stories and commercials?!!? Holy crap, I'm in shock and utter disbelief that could happen in Canada!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 CBC is showing its medal table ranked with golds. Yeah, so CBC joins the rest of the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brekkie Boy Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 CBC is showing its medal table ranked with golds. The correct way. Here's hoping the Russians win far more medals than the US, but not as many golds, to teach NBC a lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Wait.. you mean NBC isn't the older broadcast that shows human interest stories and commercials?!!? Holy crap, I'm in shock and utter disbelief that could happen in Canada!!! I'll just say this; CBC only does that for its Daytime and Primetime shows (when there are no live sports in Sochi time). BBC does none of that. They don't even a studio (they do, but only using it as a command center). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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