Bailey
03-21-2008, 01:18 PM
I posted this in another forum and then realized it would be more appropriate here. So, I'm posting agin - sorry for the double post.
I was wondering if I was the only person who is deeply unhappy with the broadcasts from the world championship on the main CBC network. I have been watching the coverage on Country Canada and that has been wonderful! But, I am extremely disappointed in CBC's decision to broadcast the event at midnight. Is anyone watching these broadcasts at midnight? I have tried to set my VCR the past three nights and I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to tape the broadcasts. Last night, I stayed up to start the tape and for some reason unknown to me, it stopped working an hour into the broadcast. I've sent an email to CBC asking that they rebroadcast these programs on Saturday afternoons as they have done in recent years - hoping that I may actually get to watch the skating and commentary. I do not understand why these broadcasts are not being shown in prime time - especially because this is the best performance by the Canadian team at a world championship in years and the CBC is building toward and heavily promoting the 2010 Olympic Games in Canada.
And, the fact that they didn't even send the commentators to the event. Disgraceful. It is just so wrong to watch Tracy Wilson and Kurt Browning sit in a studio in downtown Toronto and comment on an event that is happening in Sweeden.
Furthermore, I have to say that the actual footage from the event has been really bad. The camera men can't seem to keep the skaters in their lens. It's hard to imagine why I would want to see the woman's head during a pairs lift or see both skaters do their side by side jumps or throws, but I do! The visual quality and sound quality is poor. And, I'm getting so tired of seeing that stupid statue - if we could call it that - when the skaters receive their marks in the kiss and cry.
From a skating standpoint - outstanding event! From a broadcast standpoint -leaves a lot to be desired. Definitely not up to the usual quality of CBC sports.
I was wondering if I was the only person who is deeply unhappy with the broadcasts from the world championship on the main CBC network. I have been watching the coverage on Country Canada and that has been wonderful! But, I am extremely disappointed in CBC's decision to broadcast the event at midnight. Is anyone watching these broadcasts at midnight? I have tried to set my VCR the past three nights and I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to tape the broadcasts. Last night, I stayed up to start the tape and for some reason unknown to me, it stopped working an hour into the broadcast. I've sent an email to CBC asking that they rebroadcast these programs on Saturday afternoons as they have done in recent years - hoping that I may actually get to watch the skating and commentary. I do not understand why these broadcasts are not being shown in prime time - especially because this is the best performance by the Canadian team at a world championship in years and the CBC is building toward and heavily promoting the 2010 Olympic Games in Canada.
And, the fact that they didn't even send the commentators to the event. Disgraceful. It is just so wrong to watch Tracy Wilson and Kurt Browning sit in a studio in downtown Toronto and comment on an event that is happening in Sweeden.
Furthermore, I have to say that the actual footage from the event has been really bad. The camera men can't seem to keep the skaters in their lens. It's hard to imagine why I would want to see the woman's head during a pairs lift or see both skaters do their side by side jumps or throws, but I do! The visual quality and sound quality is poor. And, I'm getting so tired of seeing that stupid statue - if we could call it that - when the skaters receive their marks in the kiss and cry.
From a skating standpoint - outstanding event! From a broadcast standpoint -leaves a lot to be desired. Definitely not up to the usual quality of CBC sports.