Entertainment, Media, and Canadian Catch-all

[SpongeG]

yay

but at least with CTV it on 5 channels, CTV, CTV2, SN, TSN, TSN2 its non stop coverage

they even show sports not involving canada at all

[manny_santos]

I forget, in 2008, did CBC put any Olympics coverage on their Bold channel? There's that option, and with just under two years until the 2014 Winter Games, they could easily apply for and get a license for a digital sports channel - even if it only airs during the Olympics.

[SpongeG]

they did - they put the equestrian events on BOLD, but they changed the name recently to CBC country or something like that and its still a digital must pay to get channel, but it is an option

[SignalHillHiker]

TWO Triple Crowns! AWESOME!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundla...nl-stjohns-regatta-results-2012-801.html

[Copes]

Apparently Canada is going to have its own version of the reality show, Big Brother.

http://blogs.slice.ca/big-brother-canada-casting-now-open/

[harls]

I can't believe that show has had 14 seasons already..

[SpongeG]

yeah, i hope its more like the uk, aussie etc versions and not the changed usa version - its so boring to watch in comparison i am completely addicted to the UK version

[harls]

Regarding the I believe song... remember during the 2010 Olympics when Lisa Laflamme got in — for saying how annoying the song is? Now she's sitting in Lloyd's old chair and has to report from London, where they probably have the song on an endless loop in their mobile studio.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Copes

Apparently Canada is going to have its own version of the reality show, Big Brother.

http://blogs.slice.ca/big-brother-canada-casting-now-open/

The cynic in me tells me they'll do one season, or maybe a couple, and then realize that they can get as good if not better ratings with much less hassle by simply continuing to run the American version like they always have.

Cases in point: Canadian Idol, Who Wants to be a Millionaire with Pamela Wallin, and probably a few others I am forgetting...

[artvandelay]

Originally Posted by Acajack

The cynic in me tells me they'll do one season, or maybe a couple, and then realize that they can get as good if not better ratings with much less hassle by simply continuing to run the American version like they always have.

Cases in point: Canadian Idol, Who Wants to be a Millionaire with Pamela Wallin, and probably a few others I am forgetting...

But at least Canadian Idol produced the singer who gave us the best Canadian song of all time:

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[Acajack]

Originally Posted by artvandelay

But at least Canadian Idol produced the singer who gave us the best Canadian song of all time:

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Best Canadian song of ALL TIME? Are you sure? That covers a lot of songs...

Another scrapped Canadian version of a reality show: Canada's Got Talent.

[SignalHillHiker]

The Busker Festival starts today *happy dance* - always one of my favourites of the year!

[harls]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Best Canadian song of ALL TIME? Are you sure? That covers a lot of songs...

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic. I sure hope so, because this so-called 'song of summer' is making me wish for winter pretty quick.

[SpongeG]

so many artists have been doing their own versions of that song

[harls]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

so many artists have been doing their own versions of that song

Like Cookie Monster?

[SpongeG]

sesame street did do a version

but ben howard did it

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[SpongeG]

FUN has also done a version

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and the sesame street version lol

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[vid]

Barack Obama also did a cover.

[Acajack]

OK so maybe he was right and it is indeed the greatest song ever

[SignalHillHiker]

A few pictures from the Downtown Buskers Festival in St. John's. Most of the acts this year are Australian - and marvellously entertaining.













And the St. John's arrived back in port at the same time!