IPC boss hits out at broadcast snub 16/03/2010 |
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President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Sir Philip Craven has criticised CTV's decision not to broadcast the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games live across Canada.
CTV reportedly showed a recording of last Friday’s ceremony on Saturday morning, but the event was shown live in British Columbia, meaning digital subscribers throughout Canada could tune in.
According to the Globe and Mail, Craven said: "It absolutely smacks in the face of one of our four values, which is equality. So, when I heard this, I was not very happy about it at all.
"I think they're really missing out, not getting it to the rest of the country. These are Canada’s Games and they should be all over the country.”
CTV said in a statement that Canada's ‘Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium’ will provide more coverage of a Paralympic Winter Games than ever before, with 57 total hours of coverage in English and French. There will be daily highlights and live coverage of the Games' most popular sport, sledge hockey.
The statement added: "It would be erroneous to compare coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games to coverage of the 2010 Olympic Games. For an accurate count, you must compare this year's Paralympic Games coverage to what has been delivered in the past.
“When you look at these statistics, the consortium's coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games is far and away more robust than what Canadians have ever received.”
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