TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada is readying more than 700 hours of coverage of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, more than has ever been made available before in Canada for a Paralympic Games, the public broadcaster said Tuesday.
Coverage begins Wednesday, September 7 with the opening ceremony at 6:30 PM ET (live in ON and east, 6:30 PM local to the west), and continues with daily coverage through to the closing ceremony on Sunday, September 18.
Television coverage will be available daily via CBC, Sportsnet One and AMI-tv. CBC's digital platforms will provide daily live coverage with up to 11 simultaneous live streaming feeds for viewers to choose from across cbcsports.ca/paralympics and via the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices. Additional members of the Canadian Paralympic Broadcast Consortium with plans to feature content include Yahoo Sports Canada, SendtoNews, Twitter and Facebook Live.
For French-language audiences, official broadcaster Radio-Canada and AMI télé, through the Paralympic Broadcast Consortium, will offer more than 40 hours of television coverage and 650 hours of online streaming.
