TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada is the official broadcaster of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games and is promising Canadians some 750 hours of coverage across TV, online and mobile platforms in both official languages.
The Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games will see more than 10,000 athletes, coaches, and team officials in total from 41 countries and territories visit Canada to take part in 36 Pan Am sports and 15 Parapan Am sports, many of which will be qualifying events for the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics. Canada will be represented by its largest teams ever at the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games with more than 750 athletes competing. The Pan Am Games run from July 10 – 26, while the Parapan Am Games take place August 7-15, 2015 in Toronto and the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area.
CBC-TV coverage will include daily broadcasts in the afternoon, primetime, and late night, covering each day’s events throughout the Pan Am Games and primetime and late night broadcasts during the Parapan Am Games. French-language TV coverage on Radio-Canada will include daily afternoon broadcasts from 1-4 PM from Monday to Friday and 2-5 PM on weekends.
CBC Radio will air special Pan Am Games live updates in several programs across the network throughout the entire event, featuring highlights of each day’s competition and the progress of Canada's athletes.
From a digital perspective, CBC/Radio-Canada will provide more than 650 hours of live streaming competition coverage of the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games through cbc.ca/panam in English and ici.radio-canada.ca/panam in French, and via an upcoming app for iOS and Android mobile devices (available in English and French). Additional features of the website and app will include the latest live and on-demand video, instant results, medal standings and news from in and around the events.
