JLishere Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 The last time I saw graphics in another language was Albertville. Back to CBC, I've been splitting my online viewing between NBC and CBC (via proxy). It amazes me that it seems CBC has more interruptions for ads than NBC and not always at the best of moments, they stick them in the middle of snowboard runs and just as somebody lines up at the shooting range in biathlon (granted these are during on-demand viewing and the action does pick up where it left off). CBC also uses it's own commentators, while NBC uses the neutral world feed announcers. Having the CBC feed has been a blessing when NBC has fallen short at times, but I'd have to split hairs to say which one is better. I've been watching CBC with Ad Blocker (Chrome or Firefox) - works well, haven't seen a single ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 "Australia-born Spring made the decision to switch citizenship after his home country’s dismal three-medal performance at the 2010 Vancouver Games, and he’s unapologetic about the move." Not sure who pissed of CBC but Australia's performance wasn't dismal considering the circumstances. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 In bobsleigh it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 According to Vincent Grou of CBC/Radio-Canada, more than 930,000 viewers watched the hockey semi-final on web/mobile rather than TV. That's an insane number considering it was not the final. Although it happened on a work day (so people would stream if they're not home). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 The problem is streaming is that the CBC doesn't skip if your connection gets choppy, it pauses. So you slowly get further and further away from LIVE. In some cases like the Bobsleigh we knew the thing was probably over and the results posted, but we had to block out this info and watch it for ourselves. Fortunately at work they installed TVs I don't have cable but here's hoping my antenna signal is strong this sunday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 ^Exactly the reason why I skipped school to watch on tv at home instead of relying on a crappy stream at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 The numbers from NBC are in : 700,000 streams in the US vs. 930,000 in Canada. Insane number, considering the US has 11x our population. Canada breathes hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 ^ I am honestly surprised that many Americans were watching! I honestly wonder how they come up with these numbers- especially today when lots of people were at work. There were 30~40 of us gathered around 1 TV at work today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Being at work (or in school) is precisely the reason why more people will stream - they're more likely on their laptop, tablet or smartphone (unless you're lucky enough to have a TV in your office). On a weekend, people are more likely to watch at home, in bars, at parties, etc - where they'll prefer TV over streaming. I'm curious to see how many Canadians will watch the broadcast on Sunday, and whether CBC will break records. Most likely not. The record for most watched TV broadcast in Canadian history is the gold medal hockey game in Vancouver 2010 (16.6 million viewers watched the whole game, 26.5 watched part of the game). The second record is the opening ceremonies in Vancouver 2010 (13.3 million viewers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 More confirmation about Canadians being Olympic hockey watchers from the CBC, especially if http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/canadians-watch-olympic-hockey-matter-what.html Canada is involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 More confirmation about Canadians being Olympic hockey watchers from the CBC, especially if http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/canadians-watch-olympic-hockey-matter-what.html Canada is involved Except for any of the medal games in Torino. And they let Gretzky manage the team. Then look what he did with our cauldron in Vancouver... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Except for any of the medal games in Torino. And they let Gretzky manage the team. Then look what he did with our cauldron in Vancouver... Ah, the memories of Vancouver's cauldron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I was hoping CBC would release a Blu-Ray or DVD set of these games, but I just read that CBC does not have merchandising rights for these games. So there won't be a Blu-Ray/DVD release. They did release a decent one for Torino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Anybody happen to know how long CBC will leave all their clips up for? I want to watch a bunch of stuff I didn't get to watch, and same with my dad when he visits me next month. I really wished they'd do a blu-ray set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trebor204 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 For the Vancouver Games if you waited a couple of years, you can purchase the Blu-Ray sets for Olympic Hockey and Olympics for $10/each at HMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 For the Vancouver Games if you waited a couple of years, you can purchase the Blu-Ray sets for Olympic Hockey and Olympics for $10/each at HMV Unfortunately CBC is not releasing a DVD/Blu-Ray set due to the lack of merchandising rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Anybody happen to know how long CBC will leave all their clips up for? I want to watch a bunch of stuff I didn't get to watch, and same with my dad when he visits me next month. I really wished they'd do a blu-ray set. the CBC Sports Channel on YouTube has lots of clips and I assume they are permanent? After a while the official Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Channel posted full events on their YouTube channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Olympic YouTube page has all events but it's geoblocked. I assume it will be viewable soon after the games here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 the CBC Sports Channel on YouTube has lots of clips and I assume they are permanent? After a while the official Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Channel posted full events on their YouTube channels. Clips on the CBC Sports YouTube channel are permanent but geo-blocked. Clips licensed to on-demand cable/satellite networks (Videotron, Bell, Rogers, etc) are available until August 2014. I'm not sure about the CBC Olympics website - I would assume they will be available at least until this summer. Those using the CBC Olympics app for Android, iOS or Windows will see an update on March 7th; the app will be refreshed with Paralympic coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 CBC has launched its website for the Paralympic Games: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics Broadcast plans have also been announced today: http://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/cbcradio-canada-leads-the-canadian-paralympic-committee-broadcast-consortium-that-will-provide-more.html And here's the CBC-TV schedule: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/broadcast-schedule CBC will only have daytime coverage. Live coverage is only available as online streams. Sportsnet will air primetime coverage, including full replays of the Opening/Closing ceremonies on Sportsnet ONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Oh my.. do you mean to tell me that CBC is not showing the Paralympics live but NBCSN is? Tsk tsk, shame on you CBC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Yeah, wow! The shock and horror of not going live! Our buddy on these forums CanadianSports offers his post-mortem thoughts of CBC's Sochi 2014 coverage. Overall, he likes them a lot for continuing the CBC's high Olympic broadcasting standards (even better quality than Torino) with special praise towards CBC Olympic Latenight co-hosts Andi Petrillo and Andrew Chang, the CBC Olympic women's hockey studio team, Craig McMorris and Jeff Bean, and how they utilized new media, apps, social media, and online streaming. He does include some CBC Sochi vids to exemplify his points, both good and bad, but they're very likely geoblocked outside of Canada. http://canadiansportsfan.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/cbc-continued-high-canadian-standard-of-olympic-broadcasting-in-sochi/#comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Considering CBC is a publicly funded (free) broadcaster, comparing it to a Comcast sports specialty channel is a little moot, especially when it comes to... sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Considering CBC is a publicly funded (free) broadcaster, comparing it to a Comcast sports specialty channel is a little moot, especially when it comes to... sports. Doesn't stop the comparisons during the Olympics, now does it. The funny thing is that the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympics is at 11am ET. CBC is showing it 3 hours later at 2pm ET. Again, if NBC did that, I can only imagine the amount of feigned outrage we'd be hearing about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Doesn't stop the comparisons during the Olympics, now does it. The funny thing is that the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympics is at 11am ET. CBC is showing it 3 hours later at 2pm ET. Again, if NBC did that, I can only imagine the amount of feigned outrage we'd be hearing about But it's the Paralympics, not to mention the Winter Paralympics. Not exactly a hot seller in North America on tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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