Olympic broadcast consortium to air Paralympic Winter Games

TORONTO - Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium will air 50 hours of high def TV coverage in English and French of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.Taking place March 12-21, 2010 in Vancouver and Whistler BC, the ten day international competition will feature 1,300 athletes and officials from more than 40 countries taking part in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey, wheelchair curling, and biathlon.The 2010 games mark the first time Canada has hosted a Paralympic Winter Games - Toronto hosted the Paralympic Summer Games in 1976.“Canada’s Paralympic athletes have excelled on the world stage”, said Consortium president Keith...