Canada's Olympic coverage to top 5,000 hours

TORONTO – With the London 2012 Olympic Games set to open in just over a month, Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium has committed to more than 5,500 hours of coverage – the equivalent of more than 229 days of content, or close to two thirds of a year. In order to offer Canadian viewers as many options as possible, the Consortium said that its plan includes 2,000+ hours of television coverage in 11 different languages and 3,500+ hours of digital coverage as follows: - English coverage on CTV, TSN, Sportsnet, and OLN: 1,114 hours; - French coverage on RDS and...