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Originally Posted by Wormius
Pardon my ignorance, but why Canadian feeds? I assume Olympic coverage is available everywhere isn't it? Though, I have to say compared to the American coverage last Olympics, the Canadian one was better (less dummied down). Is it just a quality thing?
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For me it comes down to the focus on canadian athletes, be it during the actual events or the special features like athlete profiles and interviews and stuff. I didn't realise how much I liked that aspect of olympic broadcasting until I watched the NZ broadcasts of the 2012 olympics. It just wasn't the same. The worst part was that I never got to hear O Canada (though I can't really blame the broadcasters for that
) CBC's wall-to-wall coverage is amazing, and I'll be really bummed if I can't catch any of it this time around, since there's sure to be more than one O Canada.
And the winter olympics aren't a big deal here at all, so all we get is some minor coverage on a sports channel I don't even get.