CBC Sports

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CBC Sports is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for English-language sports broadcasting. The CBC's sports programming primarily airs on CBC Television, with some additional broadcasts on bold, CBC.ca, and occasionally CBC Radio One. (The CBC's French-language Radio-Canada network also produces some sports programming.)

Once the country's dominant sports broadcaster, in recent years it has lost many of its past signature properties (such as the Olympic Games, the Canadian Football League, Toronto Blue Jays baseball, and Canadian Curling Association championships) to sports specialty channels including TSN and Rogers Sportsnet.

CBC Sports' most significant current properties are its coverage of Saturday night and playoff NHL hockey, titled Hockey Night in Canada, as well as FIFA soccer tournaments such as the quadrennial World Cup. Otherwise, CBC's sports coverage is now largely restricted to various amateur sports properties.

The current director of CBC Sports is Jeffrey Orridge. He succeeded Scott Moore, who resigned on November 9, 2010 to become president of broadcasting for Rogers Media. David Masse served as interim director until April 4, 2011.

On August 20, 2008, the CBC received approval from the CRTC to create an all-sports category 2[1] digital TV channel, tentatively known as CBC SportsPlus. Although apparently intended to start in 2009, its launch has since been put on hold indefinitely.

Contents

[edit] Sports properties

[edit] Current / upcoming

Hockey

Horse Racing

Soccer

Alpine Skiing

  • FIS World Cup races through 2011

Track & Field

Figure Skating

Curling

Tennis

Rodeo

Equestrian Show Jumping

[edit] Past properties

Soccer

Baseball

Olympics

Basketball

Football

Curling

Canoe Sprint

[edit] Notable personalities (past and present)

[edit] Directors

[edit] Hall of Fame

CBC Sports Hall of Fame recognizes those broadcasters of CBC Sports who have made a unique and lasting contribution to CBC and to the sports broadcasting industry[4].

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/db2008-192.htm
  2. ^ CBC News. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/calgarystampede/. 
  3. ^ "CBC Sports signs broadcast deal with Raptors". CBC News. 1 August 2007. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/story/2007/08/01/raptors-cbc-deal.html?ref=rss. Retrieved 2007-10-03. 
  4. ^ "CBC Sports Hall of Fame adds 4 members". CBC News. September 27, 2010. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2010/09/27/sp-cbc-hof-inductees.html. 

[edit] External links

Maple Leaf (from roundel).png  Sports television in Canada
Broadcast networks
Full sports divisions
CBC Sports • CTV Sports • Radio-Canada Sports
Occasional or U.S. simulcasts only
Citytv • Global • TVA • V • CHCH/CHEK/Metro 14†
Mainstream specialty
English
French
RDS • RDS2 • RDS Info • TVA Sports
Niche specialty (English)
Archival
Sport specific
Lifestyle and recreation
radX • Wild TV • WFN
Occasional broadcasts
bold • CBN • EastLink TV • Rogers TV • Shaw TV • TVCogeco
Defunct
Breakaway PPV • CFN • Sens TV • WTSN • X-Treme Sports
Foreign
Big Ten Network (USA) • CBS Sports Network (USA) • Golf Channel (USA) • NFL Network (USA) • Speed (USA)
†These three stations are officially independent stations, but they jointly purchase Canadian broadcast rights to sports events and some other programming.
CBC Sports television programs
Hockey
Baseball
Soccer
Canadian Football
Curling
Other
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