They carried pretty much everything live, part of the reason for sharing coverage with other broadcasters. Of course, if you only tuned in during prime time, then you got a lot of taped stuff. But CTV broadcast live or taped coverage about 23 1/2 hours each day for the duration of the games. They broke briefly for national news, though I seem to recall that they fit it in wherever they could, rather than stick to the standard 30 minutes at 11pm local time.
And they didn't keep event results secret. If someone, especially a Canadian, won an event, they broadcast it live and then over and over for the next day or so. Some events would be re-broadcast during prime time, but without the illusion of being live and without the results being a surprise. Of course, as CTV liked to remind viewers, frequently, they were the 'host' broadcaster for the Vancouver games. What they have planned for the rest of their contract, when events are not in Canada, I don't know. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Pre-taping almost everything airing in prime time, even if the action > was going on in U.S. prime time, parceling it out so that the viewers > have to stay through the end of the coverage to find out the outcome, > overemphasizing "story arcs" on U.S. or "heartwarming story" athletes, > etc. With some exceptions, I'm sure my fellow Americans here will > agree that that was the way NBC covered Olympics (and to a certain > extent, ABC--they did try to be live in prime time whenever possible > more than NBC). > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
