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Post by News on Feb 9, 2005 20:30:06 GMT -5
Ya I ment RDTV. According to Global RDTV will be a CH station by 2006 and will no longer be a CBC station.
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Post by observer on Feb 11, 2005 23:23:14 GMT -5
bottom line on this - CTV has comprehensive broadcast infrastructure at this moment and combined with evolving technologies has the potential to provide outstanding coverage in '10 and '12 (and beyond). In the last decade, CTV has proven numerous times that it can step up to plate on major undertakings. The IOC no doubt views this as a tremendous opportunity. - Global has zip for sports production capacity and national coverage. Certainly capacity can be built in five years but without a platform they fall at a substantial disadvantage in making a convincing case. Global also has a reputation of "cheapening" the big and not so big events and broadcast opportunities (ie. long history of American simulcasting without corresponding investment in Canadian programming seen at CTV; lack of foreign bureaus and 2nd rate news production). - According to media reports, CanWest Global was slated to be a partner with the CBC. However, CanWest officials were not invited to be a part of the CBC's presentation to the IOC. Although the CBC lacked money, to not develop a comprehensive presentation to the IOC for the biggest prize in broadcasting was a fundamental strategic error. - Expect restructuring in the CBC's sport department. Without the Olympics there is a lesser need to maintain an amateur sports programming component to build profile for the Olympic games. This also has the potential of the CBC losing the national NHL rights when they come up for bid in 2-3 years. Undoubtedly, CTV will prepare to bid for this high profile property (depending on the outcome of the NHL lockout whose ramifications have yet to known on the future of game) - As for the collision of the games and the sweeps. These games are 5 years away the nature of television may have sufficently changed by then. At any rate the Van games are expected to be the biggest broadcast event of the decade and while they may not replace the profits lost by broadcasting regular programming they build CTV's profile for future programming and ensure that CTV (et al) is perceived as Canada's first rate broadcaster. - A question to seed speculation...will Lloyd Robertson still be at CTV by 2010 or is this an opportunity to hand off the torch?
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Post by Tim on Feb 12, 2005 2:14:53 GMT -5
Wow, that was definitely well said.
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Post by mikezstein on Feb 13, 2005 14:16:56 GMT -5
- Global has zip for sports production capacity and national coverage. Global also has a reputation of "cheapening" the big and not so big events and broadcast opportunities (ie. long history of American simulcasting without corresponding investment in Canadian programming That's true in some aspect. Although they have had Molson Indy Toronto, Montreal and (the now cancelled Vancouver race) coverage since 2001. That is the only Global sports coverage that is done, not including "Sports Page" or "Sports on Global". They have also held the NFL Sunday afternoon games broadcast rights for decades. are you talking about CTV or Global here?
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Post by zacharack on Feb 13, 2005 16:06:04 GMT -5
They have also held the NFL Sunday afternoon games broadcast rights for decades. True but is it not just a simulcast and picking up the Amercian feed? are you talking about CTV or Global here? I'd imagine that would be Global News. CTV News has bureaus around the world.
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Post by vanaznboi on Feb 13, 2005 16:38:44 GMT -5
I'd imagine that would be Global News. CTV News has bureaus around the world. But doesn't Canwest News Service have bureaus around the world?
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Post by mikezstein on Feb 13, 2005 17:02:55 GMT -5
True but is it not just a simulcast and picking up the Amercian feed? yes. TSN also broadcasts the sunday evening game 5pmPT/8pmET from ESPN CHCH (now CH Hamilton) used to simulcast ABC Monday Night Football awhile back. I don't think they do anymore. Oh, then In that case RE the previous post. Global News is not second rate at least not in BC :/ Global doesn't have international bureaus. CBC has a international bureau in London, England. I believe that is all. CTV has none to my knowledge.
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Post by zacharack on Feb 13, 2005 17:45:53 GMT -5
Global News is not second rate at least not in BC :/ Global doesn't have international bureaus. CBC has a international bureau in London, England. I believe that is all. CTV has none to my knowledge. CTV has bureaus in London, Moscow, Beijing, Washington DC, Israel and India (covering SE Asia) as well as a bureau in Los Angeles including the other "floating reporters" such as Lisa LaFlamme who was just recently in Sri Lanka, Iraq and Rome. There is even a reporter based in Africa. Global does have their Washington DC bureau and has one in Israel, I think. CBC does have a number of foreign bureaus. I'm sure when they meant second rate broadcast they didn't mean locally.
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Post by News on Feb 13, 2005 18:35:33 GMT -5
I see CTV National News looking very old and I think it needs a update. But why change when your #1. CTV has a great team for both their national and local news BUT look at what Global has done is just 4 1/2 years. Kevin Newman was the first guy on the air for September 11th also Global National did a great coverage on the War in Iraq. I remember Global National braking in allot faster than CTV National. Global also had the only Canadian reporter in Iraq and Sri Lanka. And don't forget Global has their CNS team that works around the world.
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Post by mikezstein on Feb 13, 2005 18:46:13 GMT -5
CTV has bureaus in London, Moscow, Beijing, Washington DC, Israel and India (covering SE Asia) as well as a bureau in Los Angeles including the other "floating reporters" such as Lisa LaFlamme who was just recently in Sri Lanka, Iraq and Rome. There is even a reporter based in Africa. I stand corrected. Thanks. I don't watch enough of CTV To know. Again, thank you sir. I remember when GLOBAL NATIONAL was in Washington, DC for the USA Election 2004 coverage. They were using NBC broadcast facility.
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Post by News on Feb 13, 2005 19:19:13 GMT -5
Yes well Global dose like to use/air a lot of NBC's news coverage.
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Post by vanaznboi on Feb 13, 2005 19:20:45 GMT -5
I remember when GLOBAL NATIONAL was in Washington, DC for the USA Election 2004 coverage. They were using NBC broadcast facility. Where did you learn that they used NBC's facility? Isn't that their own facility, where Troy Reeb usually broadcasts in? I just thought that the studio was very nice... why didn't they have something like that in Toronto, in the week before the Canadian federal election when Kevin was anchoring in the Toronto newsroom? The dark Toronto newsroom is UGLY.
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Post by zacharack on Feb 13, 2005 19:22:23 GMT -5
. Global also had the only Canadian reporter in Iraq and Sri Lanka. That statement is not true. Global didn't have the only Canadian reporter in Iraq and Sri Lanka. If you are talking Global BC only in Sri Lanka then yes, that would be true, Rumina Daya was the only BC based reporter there. However, as I mentioned earlier, Lisa LaFlamme was in Sri Lanka about a week after that disaster (she was anchoring CTV News@11 in Toronto) and Matt McClure (CTV South Asia reporter) was in Sri Lanka at the beginning of the tragedy. Lisa LaFlamme was also in Iraq recently covering the elections. ____________________________________________ No problem Mike!
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Post by vanaznboi on Feb 13, 2005 21:22:25 GMT -5
I think he meant Global was the FIRST Canadian TV station to have a reporter in Indonesia. Wilf Dinnick was there within 2 or 3 days I think.
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Post by Tim on Feb 14, 2005 0:55:32 GMT -5
Lisa LaFlamme was also there within 2 days.
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