Canada’s public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada last week announced details of its coverage of the upcoming Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, promising more than 140 original hours of broadcast coverage, with an additional 2,000 hours of live streaming coverage available across its multiple platforms.
Viewers can tune in for CBC/Radio-Canada’s coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games from Wednesday, Aug. 28 to Sunday, Sept. 8 in English on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC’s Paris 2024 website (cbc.ca/paris2024) and the CBC Paris 2024 app for Android and iOS devices, and in French on ICI TÉLÉ, ICI TOU.TV, Radio-Canada’s Paris 2024 website (Radio-Canada.ca/jeux-
Canada’s team at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will include 126 athletes competing across 18 sports, all of which will be showcased across CBC’s digital platforms. A total of 4,400 athletes from around the globe are set to compete in the Games.
“We can’t wait to help cheer on these athletes! As Canada’s Paralympic Network, we are delighted to offer expanded coverage of the Paralympics on TV and on our digital platforms — and we’re proud to offer coverage with closed captioning, described video and ASL, so that all Canadians can celebrate our Paralympians,” Catherine Tait, president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, said in a CBC press release.
“The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games is going to be an incredible showcase of athletic excellence and fierce competition, and we are so pleased audiences across the country will be able to watch all the exciting action thanks to CBC/Radio-Canada,” said Karen O’Neill, CEO of the Canadian Paralympic Committee, in a statement. “Broadcast coverage is so important for the growth of Paralympic sport, and the quality and quantity continues to elevate with every Games — with Paris 2024 set to have the most coverage of a Paralympic Games in Canada to date. Thank you to CBC/Radio-Canada for their leadership and dedication to telling the stories of Paralympians.”
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games officially begins on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. ET (10:30 a.m. PT) with live coverage of the Opening Ceremony, hosted by veteran CBC Sports broadcaster Scott Russell and Paralympians Stef Reid and Summer Mortimer. The Opening Ceremony will be presented on CBC TV and CBC Gem with closed captioning and described video, and streaming coverage will also include American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. A special prime time repeat broadcast will air at 7 p.m. local time. CBC’s complete schedule of events is available here.
CBC’s broadcast schedule will feature three live shows daily including: Petro-Canada Paris Prime hosted by Russell at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT; Toyota Paralympic Games Primetime hosted by Russell and Reid at 8 p.m. local time; and Canadian Tire Paralympics Tonight hosted by Devin Heroux and Roseline Filion at 11:30 p.m. local time.
CBC’s daytime and prime time television coverage will be offered with described video. Commentary and analysis will be provided for Para aquatics by Signa Butler and Summer Mortimer, and for Para athletics by Reid and Rob Pizzo. As the team of reporters on the ground, Heroux, Filion, Jean St-Onge and Benoit Huot will bring audiences all the Paralympics action straight from Paris.
In addition, CBC Sports will keep audiences updated on the latest news from Paris with daily episodes of digital series Rise & Stream and Hot Takes available on all of its social and digital platforms including cbc.ca/paris2024, YouTube, X, Facebook and Instagram.
Hosted by two-time Paralympian Michelle Salt and offered in ASL, Rise & Stream starts audiences off each day, highlighting the must-see events and Team Canada athletes to follow in Paris. Hosted by Para athlete Brian Hnatiw, Hot Takes features interviews with athletes and analysts.
For more insight and analysis, audiences can head to cbc.ca/paris2024 for written stories from Para athlete and journalist John Loeppky, Para journalist and wheelchair basketball commentator Dylan Cummings, 2023 Canadian National Adaptive Water Ski Team member Kendra Erhardt and the CBC Sports team.
Details of Radio-Canada’s Paralympic coverage are available here.
