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Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium (legal name 7048467 Canada Inc., also sometimes referred to informally in branding as CTV Olympics and RDS Olympiques, additionally referred to as the National Olympic Network by BBM Canada) was a joint venture set up by Canadian media companies Bell Media (formerly CTVglobemedia) and Rogers Media to produce the Canadian broadcasts of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, as well as the two corresponding Paralympic Games. Bell owned 80% of the joint venture, and Rogers owns 20%.

The consortium encompassed many of the properties owned by both companies, including Bell Media's CTV Television Network, TSN, RDS and RDS Info, and Rogers Media's Omni Television, Sportsnet, OLN, and the Rogers radio stations group. Several other broadcasters carried consortium coverage, including Noovo (formerly V), and several channels owned by Asian Television Network. Finally, dedicated websites in English and French (ctvolympics.ca and rdsolympiques.ca) were set up to stream live coverage over the Internet to Canadian viewers. The consortium replaced CBC Sports, which had held the Canadian rights to all Olympics beginning with the 1996 games, although some cable rights had been sub-licensed to TSN / RDS beginning in 1998.

Rogers announced in September 2011 that it would withdraw from the consortium following London 2012, and therefore not participate in its bid for rights to the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. The company cited scheduling conflicts and financial considerations for the decision. Bell Media then announced a new partnership with the CBC to bid for Canadian broadcasting rights of Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016. Broadcast details for the joint bid were never released. The joint Bell/CBC bid was considered the prohibitive favourite to win the rights when the International Olympic Committee accepted bids. However, the Bell/CBC bids were rejected by the IOC.

On August 1, 2012, CBC Sports announced that it had made a deal to broadcast the 2014 and 2016 Summer and Winter Olympics, replacing the Bell/Rogers group. However, in February 2013, CBC announced that both Sportsnet and TSN would sub-license broadcast rights to the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Participant media outlets[]

English[]

Company Channel(s) Notes
Bell Media CTV Primary coverage
CTV Two Atlantic Primary coverage for Atlantic Canada, especially for Newfoundland and Labrador as there is no full-time CTV affiliate in the province. In other areas, CTV Two carried normal programming.
TSN, TSN2 Secondary coverage; including full events and some highlights between events. TSN2 rebroadcast select events.
CTV News Channel, Discovery Channel Ancillary (non-event) coverage related to the games.
MuchMusic Broadcasts live programming live from Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics, including special editions of MuchOnDemand broadcast from Whistler.
The Globe and Mail The then-CTVglobemedia-owned newspaper was listed as part of the consortium and supplied content for its websites, however its sponsorship/coverage of the games is independent of the broadcast rights.
Rogers Media Sportsnet Secondary coverage
OLN Full-event coverage of select outdoor events.
Sportsnet Radio
Rogers Media radio stations
Radio coverage

French[]

Company Channel(s) Notes
Bell Media Noovo Primary coverage
RDS, RDS Info Secondary coverage
CPAC Simulcast of Noovo's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics as Noovo has limited coverage outside Quebec.
Cogeco radio stations Radio coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics

Other languages[]

Company Channel(s) Language(s) Notes
Bell Media Omni Television
(Omni.1 Ontario)
Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Ukrainian
Omni Television
(Omni.2 Ontatio, Omni Edmonton, Omni Calgary, Omni British Columbia)
Cantonese, Mandarin
Omni Television
(Omni British Columbia)
Punjabi
Asian Television Network ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi, ATN MH1
ATN Bangla Bengali
ATN Gujarati Gujarati
ATN Channel Hindi
ATN Jaya TV Tamil
ATN ARY Digital Urdu
APTN Cree
Dene
Inuktitut
Mechif
Mi'kmaq
Mohawk
Ojibway
Oji-Cree
Provided coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada's native languages. In some cases the network was split, with commentary in two or three different languages on the East, West, and North feeds. It also aired some English and French coverage as an overflow channel. APTN did not participate in coverage for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Broadcast teams[]

2010 Winter Olympics[]

Programmes[]

Programme Host(s) Channel
Olympic Morning Beverly Thomson, Jay Onrait, Seamus O'Regan, and Melissa Grelo CTV
Olympic Daytime James Duthie, Lisa LaFlamme, and Michael Landsberg
Olympic Prime Time Brian Williams and Jennifer Hedger
Olympic Late Night no host

Event coverage[]

Sport Play-by-play announcer(s) Color commentator(s) Reporter(s)
Alpine skiing Gerry Dobson Brian Stemmle, Cary Mullen and Karen Percy Perry Solkowski
Biathlon RJ Broadhead Daniel Lefebvre Paul Hollingsworth
Bobsleigh Rob Faulds Chris Lori and Christina Smith Farhan Lalji
Luge Chris Wightman
Skeleton Duff Gibson
Cross country skiing RJ Broadhead Beckie Scott and Jack Sasseville Paul Hollingsworth
Curling Vic Rauter and Bryan Mudryk Linda Moore, Ray Turnbull, Russ Howard and Cathy Gauthier Dan Murphy
Figure skating Rod Black David Pelletier and Jamie Sale (pairs)
David Pelletier (men's singles)
Elizabeth Manley and Jennifer Robinson (ice dance & ladies' singles)
Sara Orlesky
Freestyle skiing Jamie Campbell Veronica Brenner and Jeff Bean (aerials)
Veronica Brenner (moguls)
Katherine Dolan
Ice hockey (men's) Chris Cuthbert, Gord Miller and Peter Loubardias Pierre McGuire, Ray Ferraro and John Garrett Ryan Rishaug, Darren Dreger and Gene Principe
Ice hockey (women's) Kevin Quinn Cassie Campbell Lisa Bowes
Short track speed skating Rod Black Susan Auch Louis Jean
Ski jumping RJ Broadhead Rob Keith Craig MacEwen
Snowboarding Jamie Campbell Tara Teigen Mark Torlay
Speed skating Rod Smith Catriona Le May Doan James Cybulski

2012 Summer Olympics[]

Programmes[]

Programme Host(s) Channel
Olympic Morning Dave Randorf and Catriona Le May Doan CTV
Don Taylor Sportsnet
Kate Beirness TSN
Olympic Daytime James Duthie and Jennifer Hedger CTV
Daren Millard Sportsnet
Michael Landsberg TSN
Olympic Prime Time Brian Williams CTV
Brad Fay Sportsnet
Dareen Dutchyshen TSN

Event coverage[]

Sport Play-by-play announcer(s) Color commentator(s) Reporter(s)
Athletics Gord Miller
Vic Rauter (marathon & race walk)
Dave Moorcroft, Michael Smith and Donovan Bailey
Roger Burrows (race walk)
Lisa Bentley (marathon)
Farhan Lalji
Badminton Jim Van Horne
Basketball Paul Jones Chantal Valee
Beach volleyball RJ Broadhead Mark Heese
Boxing Eric Smith and Jim Van Horne Russ Anber and Kara Ro James Brydon
Canoeing/Rowing Rob Faulds (flat-water)
Vic Rauter (whitewater)
Larry Cain and Barney Williams (flat-water)
Marnie McBean (rowing)
David Ford (whitewater)
Geneviève Beauchemin
Cycling Jamie Campbell Curt Harnett (track)
Brendan Arnold (BMX)
Lesley Tomlinson (road & mountain bike)
Gene Principe
Equestrian Bryan Mudryk Nancy Wetmore
Field hockey David Christison Rechelle Hawkes
Gymnastics Rod Black Kyle Shewfelt (artistic)
Erika Leigh-Howard (rhythmic)
Katherine Dolan
Judo Bryan Mudryk Will Frazer James Brydon
Soccer Gerry Dobson and Luke Wileman Jason de Vos, Craig Forrest and Kara Lang Sheri Forde
Swimming/Diving Rod Smith Joanne Malar and Lisa Bentley
Blythe Hartley (diving)
Perry Solkowski
Synchronized swimming Carolyn Waldo
Taekwondo Bryan Mudryk James Brydon
Tennis Jim Van Horne Stephen Warboys
Triathlon Paul Romanuk Barrie Shepley Dave Naylor
Volleyball Kevin Quinn Emily Cordonier
Water polo Gerry Dobson George Gross Jr.
Weightlifting Paul Romanuk
Wrestling Vic Rauter Christine Nordhagen James Brydon