littleD Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 From Truth & Rumours in today's Globe and Mail. The women's World Cup of soccer will be available on Canadian television, even though the CBC decided not to broadcast the tournament. According to sources, Rogers Sportsnet is close to reaching a rights deal that would include the championship game. Joining Sportsnet as a broadcaster would be WTSN, the women's sports network on digital TV. Both the CBC and TSN took a pass on the tournament because of scheduling conflicts involving car racing as well as Canadian Football League and National Hockey League programming. Sportsnet has done well with women's soccer over the past year. Last summer's under-19 world tournament turned into a ratings bonanza, producing almost one million viewers for the Canada-U.S. championship game. A recent Canada-Brazil exhibition drew more than 100,000 to Sportsnet. WTSN has pulled in audiences as large as 30,000 for women's soccer, a big number on digital TV. The Canadian women's team has a shot at a medal in the U.S.-based tournament, scheduled for Sept. 20 to Oct. 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Finally WTSN enters the picture! I hope they carry all the WWC games that aren't on Sportsnet. I think all the games are already going to be on ESPN or ESPN2, so I would think it wouldn't be a big deal to get them on WTSN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auger9 Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 I'm pretty sure ABC is going to be broadcasting USA's games, so we'll be able to get a pretty good variety of games being televised. Nucks in '03! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 quote:Originally posted by littleD From Truth & Rumours in today's Globe and Mail. Both the CBC and TSN took a pass on the tournament because of scheduling conflicts involving car racing as well as Canadian Football League and National Hockey League programming. Car racing, there is an entertaining sport? to watch. I have never met someone who watches car racing. Canadian content? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 So much for the WTSN option --- it is going off the air at the end of the September. [V] [xx(] I posted an article in the General Discussion section: http://www.canadian-soccer.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=958 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.