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Olympic’s Opening Ceremony produced by Canadians for the first time

VANCOUVER - For the first time in Canadian television history, a domestic Canadian broadcaster will produce and deliver its own coverage of an Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony, which kicks off Friday at 5:45 p.m. PT / 8:45 p.m. ET, will be broadcast live by the Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium on 10 television networks in 11 languages, two websites, 24 radio stations and in 64 Cineplex Entertainment theatres across the country.Directed by Louis J. Horvitz, the 12-time director of The Academy Awards, the broadcast will be presented from a total of 25 different Consortium cameras...