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[Acajack]

Way too many ad interruptions during the Olympics opening ceremonies broadcast.

I am watching on SRC but I assume it's the same on CBC English.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Way too many ad interruptions during the Olympics opening ceremonies broadcast.

I am watching on SRC but I assume it's the same on CBC English.

It is.

I presume it is Mother Corp preparing for their defunded future under a PP government

[Acajack]

My kids aren't at home but are watching and live chatting with me at the same time.

Right now they're chanting "WE WANT CÉLINE!"

[Acajack]

WE WANT CÉLINE trending on Twitter in multiple languages.

[kwoldtimer]

I got home around 1430hrs and watched for about an hour, but it really didn't grab me.

[MonctonRad]

Yay CELINE!!!

[MonctonRad]

I cried........

Bravo.

[elly63]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I presume it is Mother Corp preparing for their defunded future under a PP government

They been doing that for years. You get a highly rated event with lots of natural breaks built in, fill it with high paying ads and make money.

Most people watching an Olympics opening want to see their country march in, a big name act, and what gimmick they use to do the torch lighting. The rest is filler, perfect for showing ads.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I cried........

Bravo.

I was zapping between the various channels covering, and the NBC host was moved to tears.

[niwell]

I really enjoyed the opening ceremonies. Pretty cool way to do it. Celine was great, and the Gojira performance was rad.

Interestingly I was seeing way too many ads when streaming on my computer but switched to cbc gem and it was fine.

[Proof Sheet]

Originally Posted by niwell

I really enjoyed the opening ceremonies. Pretty cool way to do it. Celine was great, and the Gojira performance was rad.

Interestingly I was seeing way too many ads when streaming on my computer but switched to cbc gem and it was fine.

I couldn't get the live stream on my PC on Gem but it worked on the Fire Stick. Now the opening ceremony is archived on Gem and I can watch it on the PC.

I'm quite surprised about the love on this forum for Celine. She did an Edith Piaf song but if she was to do one of her sappy ballads or that Titanic song or the AC/DC cover she did I'd run for the mute button.

[niwell]

^hah - I feel the same way about Celine. Was very pleasantly surprised though.

[Acajack]

Hard to go wrong with a) Celine's voice and b) one of the best Piaf songs.

Though Celine's material in French has a bit less of a saccharine feel than in English.

Still wouldn't please Coldplay types though.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Hard to go wrong with a) Celine's voice and b) one of the best Piaf songs.

Though Celine's material in French has a bit less of a saccharine feel than in English.

Still wouldn't please Coldplay types though.

I might have said over-produced rather than saccharine, but she's always been preferable in French than in English, imo.

[Acajack]

It's been remarked that Céline was one of the only performers that had in-ear buds which would indicate she wasn't lip synching. Many others clearly were.

[acottawa]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Way too many ad interruptions during the Olympics opening ceremonies broadcast.

I am watching on SRC but I assume it's the same on CBC English.

I don’t think either have any control over the feed provided by Eurosport. I guess they could put different content in the ad breaks.