Possibly no domestic broadcaster for 2014 and 2016 Olympics

[Fire]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...rticle4368810/

Bell Media and CBC not willing to pay enough according to the IOC.

[Northendzone]

would this mean that TSN would only be allowed to show still images of the games and report the results a day later?

pretty hard to our networks to go all out for London when we try and show stuff live and the events would not be on in prime time.

[3 Justin 3]

I'm not sure who owns who, but Bell Media owns CTV and TSN right?

Because in 2010, only CTV and TSN (who I'm sure are Bell Media) had the Olympics and this joint venture with CBC would be huge as we could have the Olympics on like 5 channels at once.

Edit: Yes, Bell Media owns CTV and TSN. So this sucks if a deal can't be worked out. We wouldn't be able to watch any of the hockey games as I'm sure the CRTC will block all American channels.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Fire

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...rticle4368810/

Bell Media and CBC not willing to pay enough according to the IOC.

Good, about time those bunch of thieving coke heads were told to go get stuffed

[getbak]

Once the NHL CBA is settled and they agree to send NHLers to Sochi, a deal will get worked out. As long as that's still in the air, they won't really know the true value of the rights.

With NHLers, it's worth a lot more than without.


Sochi is in a bad time zone for broadcasting to Canada because they're 8 hours ahead of Eastern Time and 11 hours ahead of Pacific Time. Events starting at noon in Russia will start at 4am ET; events starting at 8pm in Russia will start at noon ET.

Rio isn't as bad because they're in the equivalent of Atlantic time, only an hour ahead of ET.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by getbak

Once the NHL CBA is settled and they agree to send NHLers to Sochi, a deal will get worked out. As long as that's still in the air, they won't really know the true value of the rights.

With NHLers, it's worth a lot more than without.


Sochi is in a bad time zone for broadcasting to Canada because they're 8 hours ahead of Eastern Time and 11 hours ahead of Pacific Time. Events starting at noon in Russia will start at 4am ET; events starting at 8pm in Russia will start at noon ET.

Rio isn't as bad because they're in the equivalent of Atlantic time, only an hour ahead of ET.

Yeah, Rio is a much better time zone than Sochi, but I bet the winter Olympics are worth more in Canada than the summer games.

If no Canadian broadcaster picks it up, would NBC (or whoever) in the US also be blacked out on Canadian cable?

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Yeah, Rio is a much better time zone than Sochi, but I bet the winter Olympics are worth more in Canada than the summer games.

If no Canadian broadcaster picks it up, would NBC (or whoever) in the US also be blacked out on Canadian cable?

I would assume so. The CRTC will step in and black it out.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Yeah, Rio is a much better time zone than Sochi, but I bet the winter Olympics are worth more in Canada than the summer games.

If no Canadian broadcaster picks it up, would NBC (or whoever) in the US also be blacked out on Canadian cable?

I think it really depends on whether or not the NHL is there. With NHL players in the Olympics, the Winter games are definitely worth more in Canada.

There would be no good reason for the US feeds to be blocked from Canada. We've always been able to watch their feeds before. Unfortunately, they're awful and very "Rah! Rah! USA!!! USA!!!"

[Bobblehead]

Nothing will be blocked by the CRTC unless there is a Canadian rights holder to request the block.

This will be part of the negotiations. The Canadian networks lost money on the recent contracts (according to the article), so they don't want to the IOC strong arm them into losing even more. And with these games being far from prime viewing hours for North America, the bids shouldn't be as high.

I'm not sure what the IOC are thinking; they just turned down the biggest potential suitors who were already in partnership and neither one will be able to match the bid alone, let alone Rogers.

[You Need a Thneed]

The IOC would turn down a billion dollars simply because the bids aren't high enough? LOL.

[Joborule]

I'm sure a deal will get done. Like Thneed acknowledged, IOC would want any money rather than not.

[killer_carlson]

But I suspect the european bids are much lower than anticipated given the economy

[worth]

How do countries with pockets not so deep then broadcast the Olympics if the IOC can just turn anyone down?

[Mango]

Originally Posted by worth

How do countries with pockets not so deep then broadcast the Olympics if the IOC can just turn anyone down?

I work freelance for the Olympic Broadcasting Service. It's the official broadcast feed and it can be picked up by any country wanting coverage of the Olympics that doesn't have their own rights holder. It started back in 2008 in Beijing. Although I don't know the actual numbers, I've been told the fees for smaller countries are not substantial because they want the product to get out.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by getbak

I think it really depends on whether or not the NHL is there. With NHL players in the Olympics, the Winter games are definitely worth more in Canada.

There would be no good reason for the US feeds to be blocked from Canada. We've always been able to watch their feeds before. Unfortunately, they're awful and very "Rah! Rah! USA!!! USA!!!"

If there's a Canadian feed I'd much rather watch that, but if the hockey gold medal game has Canada in it and my choices are a US broadcaster or not watching I'll put up with their jingoism. (or mute it)

[SebC]

The rights are worth whatever the second highest bidder is willing to pay. If the IOC has whitled themselves down to one bidder, they've lost.

[GirlySports]

I wouldn't mind if Canada just picked up the International feed.

We'd get John Helm doing hockey maybe.

[Sr. Mints]

Were the Olympics profitable for Bell last time around?

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

Were the Olympics profitable for Bell last time around?

The broadcasters say they lost money on Vancouver, and expect to lose money on London.

[Northendzone]

i wonder if the lords of the rings would consider this a wakeup call, or if they just would not care that Canada does not have a carrier?