Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium
Established in 2007, Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium (legal name 7048467 Canada Inc., also sometimes referred to informally as CTV Olympics) is a joint venture set up by Canadian media companies Bell Media (formerly CTVglobemedia) and Rogers Media to produce the Canadian broadcasts of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and the London 2012 Olympics Games. Bell owns 80% of the joint venture, and Rogers owns 20%.
The consortium encompasses many of the properties owned by both companies, including Bell Media's CTV Television Network, TSN The Sports Network, RDS Réseau des Sports and RIS Réseau Info-Sports, and Rogers Media's Omni Television, Rogers Sportsnet, OLN, and the Rogers radio stations group. Several other broadcasters will also carry consortium coverage, including V (formerly TQS), and several channels owned by Asian Television Network. Finally, dedicated websites in English and French (ctvolympics.ca and rdsolympiques.ca) have been set up to stream live coverage over the Internet to Canadian viewers.
The consortium replaces CBC Sports, which had held the Canadian rights to all Olympics beginning with the 1996 games, although some cable rights had been sub-licensed to TSN / RDS beginning in 1998.
Rogers announced in September 2011 that it would withdraw from the consortium following London 2012, and therefore not participate in its bid for rights to the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. The company cited scheduling conflicts and financial considerations for the decision. Bell Media then announced a new partnership with the CBC to bid for Canadian broadcast rights of Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016. Broadcast details for the joint bid are yet to be released. With Rogers reportedly prohibited from bidding on its own or with another partner, the joint Bell/CBC bid is now considered the prohibitive favourite to win the rights when the International Olympic Committee accepts bids in late 2011 or early 2012.
This entry was posted on October 4, 2009 at 12:14 pm, and is filed under
Canada's Olympic,
Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium,
Canada's Olympic live,
Canada's Olympic tv
. Follow any responses to this post through RSS. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Popular Posts
-
Watching the London Olympics 2012 Live Stream on PC, iPad, iPhone, Android.The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Ol...
-
If you have such kinds of question How to watch Olympic 2012 Online Live Streaming ??? Don't Worry we give you this opportunity to watch...
-
Country USA Date of birth Medal tally 23 October 1956 ...
-
See full timetable › 27 July - 13:00 Individual Ranking Round 30 July - 1 August Individual Round of 64 ...
-
27 July - 09:00 Individual Ranking Round 30 July - 1 August Individual Round of 64 30 July - 1 August ...
-
Established in 2007, Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium (legal name 7048467 Canada Inc., also sometimes referred to informally ...
-
High Definition Olympic 2012 Live Online Tv & Streaming.Watch Olympic 2012 Online, Watch Olympic 2012 Online, Watch Olympic 2012 HD, Lo...
-
Watch Olympic 2012 Women's Volleyball Live Stream Online.London 2012 Olympic Women's Volleyball (Group B) Preliminary Round - From 2...
-
Watch London Olympic 2012 Live Stream by HD TV Online.2012 Olympics Game in London or England or United Kingdom.Everyone can watch this game...