Beijing 2008: Over 2,400 hours of coverage

TORONTO – CBC and TSN each announced the details surrounding their respective coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics,, which begins August 8th. In its final Olympics for a while (CTV owns the rights for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games and the 2012 London Summer Games and will co-broadcast them with Rogers), CBC is pulling out all the stops, and will provide an unprecedented 2,400 hours of coverage. Canadians will see the entire Games in high definition for first time ever CBC’s broadcast of Beijing 2008 begins on Wednesday, August 6 at 4:45 a.m. ET on CBC Television and CBCSports.ca with...