CBC, VisionTV team up on skating coverage

TORONTO – CBC Sports has finalized a five-year deal with the International Skating Union (ISU) to show some of its biggest international events.The deal includes more than 120 hours of coverage annually of figure skating and speed skating that will be carried on CBC, its specialty channel bold TV, streamed on-line and through a strategic partnership with VisionTV.The schedule includes the 2011 ISU Grand Prix Final this December in Quebec City, the World Figure Skating Championships (including London, Ontario in 2013), the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and all international Grand Prix events. It also encompasses all major ISU...