CBC Gem was generally good, I wish they had streams of every sport though, like how NBC/Peacock in the US do (& I think Europe and Australia too?). Especially noticeable and annoying in the non-medal rounds for tennis where there was only 1 stream, often with a blank court while others like Nadal, Djokovic, etc. were playing.
For other sports, sometimes a trick to watching was using the French Radio-Canada stream as they often had more streams than the English CBC Gem. I did this a lot for the track and field where Radio-Canada had dedicated field event streams.
In terms of the broadcast version of CBC, Scott Russell is always amazing and it’s too bad this is his last Olympics hosting. The other hosts don’t leave me too optimistic for future broadcasts. I have no idea why they went with a four-host primetime panel show (with the same people that did an awful job commentating the Opening Ceremony, Perdita especially). From my limited time watching them before permanently changing over to NBC, it felt like watching The View. Really bizarre that for the first time, I thought NBC’s primetime coverage was better than CBC’s.
CBC Gem was generally good, I wish they had streams of every sport though, like how NBC/Peacock in the US do (& I think Europe and Australia too?). Especially noticeable and annoying in the non-medal rounds for tennis where there was only 1 stream, often with a blank court while others like Nadal, Djokovic, etc. were playing.
For other sports, sometimes a trick to watching was using the French Radio-Canada stream as they often had more streams than the English CBC Gem. I did this a lot for the track and field where Radio-Canada had dedicated field event streams.
In terms of the broadcast version of CBC, Scott Russell is always amazing and it’s too bad this is his last Olympics hosting. The other hosts don’t leave me too optimistic for future broadcasts. I have no idea why they went with a four-host primetime panel show (with the same people that did an awful job commentating the Opening Ceremony, Perdita especially). From my limited time watching them before permanently changing over to NBC, it felt like watching The View. Really bizarre that for the first time, I thought NBC’s primetime coverage was better than CBC’s.