OTTAWA – Add CPAC to Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.
The Cable Public Affairs Channel received CRTC approval late last week to carry the V network’s French-language coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, including commercials, to viewers across Canada.
“No other network understands the bilingual nature of Canada more than CPAC,” said Ken Stein, president of CPAC’s board of directors, in a statement. “As our country plays host to the world in Vancouver, we want to do our part by ensuring that Canadians receive full access to these historic events in their official language.”
Through CPAC, V will televise 284 hours of live coverage from the Games with a focus on French Canadian athletes and stories. Averaging 16.5 hours of daily coverage, V said that its coverage will include the “premier” events each day, as well as medal performances, key highlights, evening medal ceremonies and on-set interviews with medalists and newsmakers.
CPAC programming will remain available to viewers through its on-line portal at www.cpac.ca. Regular CPAC programming will resume on the channel following the Olympic closing ceremonies on February 28, 2010.
CPAC is distributed by all larger BDUs across Canada as part of their basic service.
