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With thousands of hours of coverage in more than 10 languages planned from Canada’s official media consortium — which includes CTV, TSN and Sportsnet — and special coverage from CBC and Global, here are the faces of the country’s top broadcasters who will bring the best of the Games home. MEDIA CONSORTIUM CTV bid $63 million for sole rights to the title of Canada’s official broadcaster, along with consortium partner Rogers Communications, which includes its flagship channels TSN and Sportsnet.
Jennifer Hedger will anchor CTV’s live afternoon coverage, along with co-host James Duthie, Michael Landsberg and Daren Millard. That means their channels will feature exclusive live coverage of all the major events and be the go-to programming of the opening and closing ceremonies. CTV will broadcast 22 hours a day, while TSN and Sportsnet will have 15 hours of Olympics coverage. CTV’s prime-time coverage will be helmed by longtime Olympics host Brian Williams, a mainstay on TSN’s weekly broadcasts. Williams first broadcast from the Olympics at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal.
CTV News National chief anchor Lisa LaFlamme will broadcast live from London, while TSN host Darren Dutchyshen has a four-hour highlights show.
TSN host Jay Onrait will anchor SportsCentre in London with Dan O’Toole in Toronto.
Sportsnet’s Brad Fay has more highlights, with Ken Reid anchoring Connected from London.
During the day, host Dave Randorf, who usually covers CFL on TSN, and two-time speed skating gold medalist Catriona Le May Doan will have live sports coverage for eight hours in the morning on CTV.
TSN’s Kate Beirness and Sportsnet’s Don Taylor will each have six hours of live events in the morning.
Into the afternoon, co- hosts James Duthie and Jennifer Hedger will be helming CTV’s live coverage, along with TSN’s Michael Landsberg, regular host of Off The Record, and Sportsnet’s Daren Millard, who hosts Hockey Central.
Throughout the consortium’s coverage will be pro athletes and former Olympians turned analysts, including sprinter Donovan Bailey, soccer star Kara Lang and rowing champ Marnie McBean. They’ll be joined by more than 20 other pros covering 12 different event types. All told, the consortium will broadcast more than 5,500 hours thanks to a production team of 1,200 people working in London, Toronto and Montreal. They’ve packed a lot of gadgets too, including 29 high definition cameras and 60,000 metres of cable in the Olympic venues alone, enough to run the track 150 times. CBC Chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge will anchor The National from London, with reports on the ground from correspondents Susan Ormiston, Scott Russell and Nahlah Ayed. CBC News: Morning host Heather Hiscox will head daily coverage from London with updates from the sports desk in Canada.
Metro Morning host Matt Galloway will have regular five-minute live hits on CBC Radio, with national sports host Scott Regehr. GLOBAL Global’s Europe bureau chief Sean Mallen and Washington bureau chief Eric Sorensen will report live from London for the Games.
TSN’s Kate Beirness and Sportsnet’s Don Taylor will each have six hours of live events in the morning.
Into the afternoon, co- hosts James Duthie and Jennifer Hedger will be helming CTV’s live coverage, along with TSN’s Michael Landsberg, regular host of Off The Record, and Sportsnet’s Daren Millard, who hosts Hockey Central.
Throughout the consortium’s coverage will be pro athletes and former Olympians turned analysts, including sprinter Donovan Bailey, soccer star Kara Lang and rowing champ Marnie McBean. They’ll be joined by more than 20 other pros covering 12 different event types. All told, the consortium will broadcast more than 5,500 hours thanks to a production team of 1,200 people working in London, Toronto and Montreal. They’ve packed a lot of gadgets too, including 29 high definition cameras and 60,000 metres of cable in the Olympic venues alone, enough to run the track 150 times. CBC Chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge will anchor The National from London, with reports on the ground from correspondents Susan Ormiston, Scott Russell and Nahlah Ayed. CBC News: Morning host Heather Hiscox will head daily coverage from London with updates from the sports desk in Canada.
Metro Morning host Matt Galloway will have regular five-minute live hits on CBC Radio, with national sports host Scott Regehr. GLOBAL Global’s Europe bureau chief Sean Mallen and Washington bureau chief Eric Sorensen will report live from London for the Games.
Allison Vuchnich will provide daily updates for all Global stations.
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