The Olympics will have live streaming of all events in every sport, as this event did. There is a relatively small number of people who would be interested in this event, particularly the dance and pairs event where none of the top couples were competing, and so it only makes sense that the television coverage would be limited. Add to that, that the resources of CBC will be focused on preparations for the Olympics.
CTV only wants the Skate Canada events. If we were dependent on CTV for coverage of the whole Grand Prix, 4CC, & Worlds we could get none or it would be behind a pay wall or subscription service like TSN. Same thing with the Olympics, if we only had CTV we would watch the Olympics when they were in Canada and that's it. We'd be dependent on NBC coverage on television and nothing available online.
In addition to that, CTV put Nationals on their CTV2 channels rather than the main network. There are people in Canada who have no access to any CTV2 channel, as well as those who don't have access to the whole array of TSN channels. They might have one of the TSN channels but not the full range, which seemed to be used for both the competition coverage and the Gala broadcast.
When the games first started I hated that song, but sure enough by the end of the games I was sniffling every time I heard it.
When the games first started I hated that song, but sure enough by the end of the games I was sniffling every time I heard it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX_dndXEGHI
I am well aware of the Skate Canada Dailymotion feed - but that had nothing to do with CTV/TSN. Even if those who were unable to get CTV2 or the TSN channel(s) had the ability to access a live stream for parts of the event, they could not see on Dailymoton what was being televised (perhaps with one exception), this was due to the TV contracts.
The Olympics is not your best place to try a new element of your repertoire imho...
That didn’t stop Kurt Browning from trying a quad in Calgary in 1988
Kurt was not a medal contender in Calgary in 1988, so he really had nothing to lose, whereas Gabby has a lot to lose if she tried the jump, missed it and then let that affect her concentration for the rest of the program or even for just one jump after it...
Tracy is not the primary coach of any currently top-ranked skater and definitely not any of the top-ranked dance teams. Carol Lane is the primary coach of a dance team that is in the top ten. It is impossible for her to be an unbiased commentator with such high stakes in the game and that kind of daily closeness to a top team. This conflict of interest was proven in most obvious form by her heavily biased commentary at this season's Cup of Russia, but she has definitely been hyper-critical of any team that was close to G/P in the rankings at other competitions in the past as well.
I don't think this is completely accurate. From the way Brian describes how things work there in interviews I've read, it sounds to me more like the Gadbois team, where all the top teams work with the top coaches consistently, with the different coaches focusing on different things. I think Tracy is just as much a top coach as Brian. Well, for Hanyu and Javi at least, some of the other students have different main coaches, like Gabby. Her primary coach is Lee Barkell, but she works with the others too.
Kurt was not a medal contender in Calgary in 1988, so he really had nothing to lose, whereas Gabby has a lot to lose if she tried the jump, missed it and then let that affect her concentration for the rest of the program or even for just one jump after it...
Add me to the list of people who much prefer CBC's coverage of the Olympics, although I really, really hope that Carol Lane is going to be concentrating on coaching and not be involved in the commentary team in any way, as I think her involvement as a commentator has been blatant conflict of interest and I don't know how/why CBC allows it. As for CTV and the Vancouver Olympic song, if people are talking about "I believe in the powwwwwwerrrr of you and I!", I still can't get over the bad grammar.
Seriously? I really disagree. It's the Olympics. It's perfectly normal to be nationalistic and patriotic. Canada overall tends to be less patriotic about these things than most other countries. Saying you want to own the podium at your home Games - that's just, it's kind of obvious. Every country that hosts wants that. Canada is a strong winter sports country. Of course we wanted to win lots of medals at home. Are you seriously not allowed to say you want to win? Previous home Olympics in Canada had not gone well. The attitude that went along with Own the Podium was necessary. And "be the best you can" would have been a super lame slogan.
http://www.macleans.ca/general/canada-reborn/
