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In its 52nd year of Olympic broadcasting excellence, CBC, CanadaÕs Olympic Network, will serve viewers better than ever, providing more than 2,400 hours of unprecedented coverage of Beijing 2008: The Olympic Games Ð marking the most hours of exclusive Olympic coverage ever available to Canadians. In addition, for the first time ever, Canadians will experience the entire Games in High-Definition (HD). CBCÕs broadcast of Beijing 2008, which is being regarded as one of the most anticipated and historically significant Olympic Games, begins on Wednesday, August 6 at 4:45 a.m. ET on CBC Television and CBCSports.ca with live coverage of a preliminary womenÕs soccer match featuring Canada taking on Argentina. On Thursday, August 7 at 9 p.m. local, CBC preps Canadians for the Games with Beijing 2008 Preview (also on CBCSports.ca at 8 p.m. ET), followed by live coverage of the Opening Ceremony on Friday, August 8 at 7 a.m. ET, which will include all of the pageantry from the Parade of Nations. CBC Television will maintain the networkÕs golden tradition of airing most events live, and, together with CBCSports.ca, CBCÕs digital channel bold, CBC Newsworld, CBC Radio, Radio-Canada, RDS and TSN, will bring the Beijing Games home to Canadians. ÒCBCÕs coverage of the Beijing Games will allow Canadians to have more access to the Olympics than ever before,Ó said Trevor Pilling, Executive Producer, Beijing 2008: The Olympic Games. ÒOur broadcast package is unprecedented, especially in terms of the total hours of coverage produced, the multiple platforms available and our excellent cast of commentators and analysts.Ó In order to accommodate the 12-hour time difference in Beijing, CBC Television will begin each day with Olympic Morning, hosted by Scott Russell and Diana Swain, from 6 a.m. to 12 noon ET. Olympic Prime, with host Ron MacLean, kicks off at 6 p.m. ET while Ian Hanomansing takes over the reigns at 12 midnight ET to host Olympic Pacific Prime.
