Although its in fashion to pile on the CBC, as has been mentioned, CBC has to do little work, just like Sportsnet/TSN did.
Flick the switch and pick up the host broadcast feed (which we saw this summer) with the British announcers.
The TSN/Sportsnet on location coverage was garbage...at least in past WC's they sent a guy over there to do more indepth/human interest stoirse, and featured it more then the 1 min stories they did this year.
As for channels to air it with, I am sure Sportsnet would be all over it, and much happier then partnering with TSN.
If you recall, Sportsnet, among great fanfare a couple years back, announced that they had secured the rights to all the WC games. A year or so later (I missed exactly why) rival TSN steps in as a partner, with CTV stealing the Final away.
I think CBC would give the on location coverage a little bit more substance and flair, like they do the Olympics usually. The most forgettable coverage in the Olympics was the years (1988 and 1992?) that CTV (who owns TSN, kinda) covered the Wnter Olympics. CBC had the World Cup in 1986 and sent a bunch of people over there IIRC..although Canada itself was in that WC.
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