Comments on: Will CTV bail on London?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:44:17 +0000

I am curious to see how much CTV/Rogers will lose for the Vancouver Games alone? I think they paid $93 Million US and according to Chris Z blog at the star awhile ago, he wrote that CTV is struggling to meet its adversting goals.

I am not too happy with the lack of pre-Olympic coverage at this point. I think they dropped the ball on this one.

By: Dante West

Dante West — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:01:08 +0000

This doesn’t make sense, because they have families why does that entitle them to skip the line and carry the torch as journalists also covering the games? This was a bad idea, let’s just all agree on that.

By: Vortoozo

Vortoozo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:52:25 +0000

I really don’t see why the whole torch-bearing thing is an issue. A newspaper columnist has as much right to be a torch-bearer as a Subway restaurant employee. And guess what, these Globe and CTV employees have families too that can run by their sides!
P.S. – Sorry, forgot to tell you great post!

By: Vortoozo

Vortoozo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:48:45 +0000

By: Roy Green

Roy Green — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:08:57 +0000

In spite of the denials, it’s obvious CTV is having trouble finding the dollars to handle the Olympics.
The CBC has been able to do it all these years because they don’t have to worry about the money. After all, they’re using ours.

By: 4 x 4 Time

4 x 4 Time — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:39:46 +0000

Chopolate, relax dude. I could care less how much money the CBC sports divisions make, and I am not stating any “facts”. I am just saying the time is over for taxpayers to fund broadcasting that is available in other forums without taxpayers money.

If the CBC needs sports to fund news and other products as you state, then maybe they need to be more cost competitive like all other news media outlets around the world. Does Canada really need a public broadcaster in these days of immediate information access and numerous competitive outlets?

By: Chopolate

Chopolate — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:42:08 +0000

4×4 Time, so what do you think CBC should be spending their money on? More news coverage? Did you know that the Sports division is the most profitable in the entire company? That the money from HNIC actually supports the news division. Check your facts next time.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:35:58 +0000

we can all agree that the olympics are not a celebration of amateur sport but rather a massive money maker for lots of private businesses. this still leaves unanswered the question of why anyone could think that there is a compatibility between accepting a sprint with the torch as a gift from the the event’s organizers and unbiased reporting on the olympics. if you accept special gifts then your credibility is open to debate. if you don’t then it is not.

of course Brunt and the Globe’s choice is not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. it is still the wrong choice.

By: 4 x 4 Time

4 x 4 Time — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:59:40 +0000

CBC should not be spending any taxpayer money on sporting events period, including hockey. The Olympics are just another corporate waste of money so let other non publicly funded companies waste their own money.

It is beyond ridiculous that media members are carrying the Olympic torch. These peolpe have zero right to do this, and in the true spirit of the games, only amateur athletes and coaches who train and perform for the rest of the world have earned the right to do anything remotely related to Olympic protocol. I could less about all the other people, but I am surprised Brunt has lowered himself to this. Sad really.

By: Neate Sager

Neate Sager — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:35:02 +0000

The fact someone who “thought the Olympics were not about money” has reproduced shows me we’re doomed as a race. The Olympics are a giant corporate billboard, how could this waterhead not notice? What other brilliant bits of cognitive dissonance has this person filled her/his little cracker cipher spawn’s heads with?

It’s always been about money … in the early days, the Olympics were the province of the idle rich who were above the rabble who had to work for a living … you had to be independently wealthy or have a “patron” in order to go the Games. Later it became an expression of the nation-state’s strength. That’s still there, along with corporatism run amok.

I don’t have a problem with VANOC being criticized for selling spots in the torch relay and CTV having to do damage control … but lay off Brunt, I’m sure he will walk the line.