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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I don't think CTV has done a poor job with the coverage at all, I think we just became accustomed to the high level coverage from the Vancouver Olympics and expected the same quality even though they are half-way around the world.
I have heard the complaint that the primetime show bounces around and does show enough og the complete event. In Vancouver we were dealing with the same timezone so it allowed for everything to be carried live and for all the main events to be shown in their entirety in prime time quite easily for us in Canada.
When it is in a different time zone it becomes much more difficult to provide the same coverage in primetime because you are then trying to squeeze 12 hours of events into the 4 hour prime-time slot you have available (7-11). Then you add the fact that there are more Summer then Winter events and I think that is where the complaints are coming from.
Having the events live (and less of those events) allows for the 10 minute in-dept athlete profile, but when you have to jam all the events of the day into that 4 hour prime time slot you are better served showing more of the actual events in prime time. Personally I would rather see the actual events, then hear about the athletes touching story about how they got to where they were today.
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I don't think Canadian coverage has been bad. However, again, look at the atrocious US coverage by NBC, and be glad that we have an official broadcaster that actually cares.
In this age of instantaneous news worldwide, NBC tries to pretend that the games only happen during primetime hours in the US. Menawhile, in the commercial break immediately preceding a swimming final, they advertise the today show for the following morning which totally spoils the result of the upcoming race.