CBC/Radio-Canada announced Monday highlights of its planned coverage of the upcoming Olympic Games being held in Paris this summer from July 26 to Aug. 11.
“CBC’s comprehensive coverage of Paris 2024 will feature live broadcasts from every venue and include every Canadian medal-winning moment, totalling more than 3000 hours of live content across the public broadcaster’s multiple platforms,” reads a CBC press release.
Team Canada will be among the approximately 10,500 athletes (5,250 women and 5,250 men) representing 206 countries taking part in these Olympic Games.
“As we mark our 24th Olympic Games as Canada’s official broadcaster, we look forward to providing audiences with unparalleled live and on-demand coverage of the world’s top athletes on their pursuit of the podium across all of our platforms,” Chris Wilson, CBC/Radio-Canada’s general manager of Olympics, Paris 2024, said in the release. “Thanks to our talented and tireless CBC/Radio-Canada teams, audiences across the country will never miss a moment of the action as they cheer on and celebrate the world’s top athletes.”
In addition to TV broadcasts on CBC and partner networks TSN (Bell Media) and Sportsnet (Rogers Sports and Media), audiences will be able to watch live Olympic events daily on the free CBC Gem streaming service, CBC’s Paris 2024 website and the CBC Paris 2024 app for Android and iOS devices.
“The website and app will also house full event schedules, results, athlete bios and features, daily updates and more. Plus, exclusive coverage will be provided by CBC Sports including in-depth reports, highlights, digital series and on-demand replays of the biggest moments and events,” the press release says.
CBC also announced its host lineup for Paris 2024, saying its broadcast team including commentators and sports analysts will provide 22 hours of live coverage every day throughout the Olympic Games.
Starting at 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT, two-time Olympian and former speed skater Anastasia Bucsis will host the six-hour RBC Olympic Morning program live from Canada Olympic House, located in La Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in the “Park of Nations”, the home-away-from-home for Team Canada athletes and their families while in Paris. Bringing audiences live sport all morning long, Bucsis will be joined by CBC Sports’ Rob Pizzo who will be on deck to provide live updates.
From 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET (9 a.m. to 3 p.m. PT), Veteran broadcaster Scott Russell will host Bell Paris Prime Live featuring the day’s biggest sporting events including swimming, athletics and Team Canada’s appearances in basketball and soccer. Russell — who has covered 16 Olympic Games for CBC, six as host — will be joined for live updates by Canadian sports broadcaster Julie Stewart-Binks, who will be covering the Olympic Games for her third time.
Running from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. ET (4 p.m. to 11 p.m. PT), Toyota Olympic Games Primetime will feature an expert panel including six-time Olympic Games host and CBC Sports broadcaster Andi Petrillo, Olympian and former co-captain of the Canadian water polo Olympic team Waneek Horn-Miller, two-time Olympian and world champion hurdler Perdita Felicien, and professional snowboarder and CBC Olympics analyst Craig McMorris.
From 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. ET (11 p.m. to 3 a.m. PT), Olympic Games Overnight will provide highlights and replays of the day, as well as live coverage of events as they unfold in the early hours of the morning in Paris.
In addition, CBC Sports reporter Devin Heroux will be on the ground in Paris to bring audiences the latest updates from the Games.
CBC’s chief correspondent, Adrienne Arsenault, will be in Paris hosting special editions of The National leading up to the Olympic Games opening ceremonies, while CBC News Network’s Heather Hiscox will also be on the ground with Salimah Shivji and Sarah Leavitt to keep Canadians informed of breaking news.
Weekday mornings, CBC Radio’s Scott Regehr will provide audiences with the latest Olympic updates from Paris 2024.
CBC Kids will provide real-time news coverage of the Olympic Games on cbckidsnews.ca, while cbckids.ca will let kids and families join in the Olympic action with games such as skateboarding, tennis, mountain biking and more.
More details about CBC’s Paris 2024 coverage plans, including a comprehensive list of commentators and analysts who will be joining its broadcast team for the Games, will be released in the coming months, CBC says.
Photo of (l-r) Anastasia Bucsis, Scott Russell and Devin Heroux courtesy of CBC/Radio-Canada.
