MLS Cup

[johnmolinaro]

Hey guys,

Just a reminder that if you want an alternative from watching ABC's telecast of the MLS Cup on Sunday, CBC will be showing the game, too.

The broadcast starts at 3pm with a preview game show before kickoff at 3:30 pm.

We're showing the Raptors game at 12:30 but that should be over by 3. if not, the pre-game show will still go at 3pm on Bold and CBCSports.ca (we're streaming the game live, too).

Nigel and Jason will be calling the game, and we have a bunch of other stuff on the broadcast, including a 1-on-1 interview with John Carver, Mitch Peacock's interview with Don Garber, a top five Toronto FC goals and MLS goals of the year feature, and Jim Brennan will be in studio as well.

Cheers,
John

[JDG]

Thanks John! Much rather watch CBC's coverage.

[RPB_RED_NATION_RPB]

nice...hopefully nigel can get to the bottom of the carver rumors! :)

[SoccMan]

It would have been nice to have shown some of the playoff games on Bold, or some of the other stations like FSW,GolTv or Setanta, but instead nothing and now you expect people to watch the final. Furthermore, what's the purpose of showing this game when it's already on ABC. To make matters worse I have seen zero advertisement of this game by CBC. How the hell do you expect anyone to watch when you don't even promote the game on CBC TV or CBC Radio.

[JDG]

It would have been nice to have shown some of the playoff games on Bold, or some of the other stations like FSW,GolTv or Setanta, but instead nothing and now you expect people to watch the final. Furthermore, what's the purpose of showing this game when it's already on ABC. To make matters worse I have seen zero advertisement of this game by CBC. How the hell do you expect anyone to watch when you don't even promote the game on CBC TV or CBC Radio.

Maybe they just now secured the rights???
CBC does not get the viewership to justify spending more for more coverage. I'm sure they will be eager to purchase more games when the interst increases. Take a look at the viewership numbrs from this season and you'll see that there isn't much more than double what we fill the stadium with. I'm suprised but grateful to be able to watch it with Canadian commentary.

[ensco]

CBC should be thanked for making any investment in this at all given (i) the abysmal ratings for TFC games - god only knows what the Crew and Pink Cows will draw, and (ii) they're going head-to-head against the NFL and the Grey Cup pre-game show.

[mighty_torontofc_2008]

im watching on ABC cant stomach cbcs lack of MLS coverage during the playoff run
cbc blows.

[mighty_torontofc_2008]

It would have been nice to have shown some of the playoff games on Bold, or some of the other stations like FSW,GolTv or Setanta, but instead nothing and now you expect people to watch the final. Furthermore, what's the purpose of showing this game when it's already on ABC. To make matters worse I have seen zero advertisement of this game by CBC. How the hell do you expect anyone to watch when you don't even promote the game on CBC TV or CBC Radio.


cbc would not allow fox soccer channel or Gol or Setanta in on the act.
I contaced fox and asked why the mls games stopped on fox soccer canada, and they said it was because of the canadian rights holder (CBC).

[mighty_torontofc_2008]

Maybe they just now secured the rights???
CBC does not get the viewership to justify spending more for more coverage. I'm sure they will be eager to purchase more games when the interst increases. Take a look at the viewership numbrs from this season and you'll see that there isn't much more than double what we fill the stadium with. I'm suprised but grateful to be able to watch it with Canadian commentary.
MLSE is going after GOL TV, thats the only way more MLS games will get viewed here..

[MEU]

Thanks John!

I would much rather support a canadian network. I'll be watching on CBC.

[nascarguy]

I do not like cbc. i wish there was a better canadian network

[Bobo]

Maybe they just now secured the rights???
CBC does not get the viewership to justify spending more for more coverage. I'm sure they will be eager to purchase more games when the interst increases. Take a look at the viewership numbrs from this season and you'll see that there isn't much more than double what we fill the stadium with. I'm suprised but grateful to be able to watch it with Canadian commentary.

Who watches anything on CBC besides news and Leafs on Saturdays?

Not a big CBC fan but I'll take it over a US network, especially for football.

[mighty_torontofc_2008]

I do not like cbc. i wish there was a better canadian network


dont we all....maybe a TFC channel..which looks like in the works may give the MLS coverage that CBC is too cheap too show. the should have put their money towards the MLS playoffs instead of covering the Impact in the CCL, like anyone cared about Montreal?

[trane]

^I care more about a Canadian team, then a bunch of American teams pretending to play footy.

[Kickit09]

CBC blows. i'll be wachting it on ABC.

[TorCanSoc]

CBC does a good job. What makes ABC better? ABC used to cover at least one game a week. I watched a lot of those games for the sheer novelty of big league N.American soccer. I can't wait for MLSE to take over GolTV and get other market MLS games. That would be cool.

[twistedchinaman]

CBC blows. i'll be wachting it on ABC.

^ ABC blows, I'll be watching on the CBC.

If I have to hear Wynalda call another match, I'm throwing an ax at the TV.

[JonO]

Hopefully it is HD or else it's ABC for me...

[The Pope]

I may try to stream the sound from CBC but will watch HD on ABC

[Redpunkfiddle]

Anybody who actually cares about the quality of commentary for a match -who actually likes to listen, you know- will run very far away from ABC and back to Nigel on CBC.

I have never heard so many Buffalo Bill references as I did for last year's ABC broadcast. Enough.

[Eastend]

Will Nigel and Jason be calling the match from the studios in Toronto or be at the actual game? It does make a difference.

[CoachGT]

^ ABC blows, I'll be watching on the CBC.

If I have to hear Wynalda call another match, I'm throwing an ax at the TV.

Nigel is the best and he is one of us. When he's calling a game, Nigel gets my vote, no matter what channel he might be on. Nobody does damage to a match the way the US commentators do.

And I appreciate the support CBC has given TFC and MLS and hope that it continues for years to come.

[nascarguy]

I'm going to watch both cbc & abc i will flip from cbc to abc just to listin to what both networks have to say. I only want to hear what team will be joining the mls and abc will have there commentators live from la.

cbc needed to send there commentators to la and this just show that cbc does not care about this sportand there just showing the game for the money

[JDG]

I'm going to watch both cbc & abc i will flip from cbc to abc just to listin to what both networks have to say. I only want to hear what team will be joining the mls and abc will have there commentators live from la.

cbc needed to send there commentators to la and this just show that cbc does not care about this sportand there just showing the game for the money


If what you say is true, they wouldn't be showing this game at all. There's no money in showing this game.
I'll be shocked if viewership exceeds 40,000.
I'll say again : Thank You John for being there for us, and televising this game.

[dag]

In Nigel I trust.

[SoccMan]

If it's true that Nigel and Jason will be calling the game from a studio in Toronto then why would I watch a game called from a studio 3,000 miles away? I'd rather watch a telecast where the commentators are actualy at the game , the ABC people will be in LA, even if their comentating is not up to par as most people seem to think. However, the whole production of the telecast should be better on ABC, just for the fact that they are actualy in LA and not in a studio and also they have been doing MLS Cup finals on ABC every year since the first one in 1996.

[Redpunkfiddle]

If it's true that Nigel and Jason will be calling the game from a studio in Toronto then why would I watch a game called from a studio 3,000 miles away? I'd rather watch a telecast where the commentators are actualy at the game , the ABC people will be in LA, even if their comentating is not up to par as most people seem to think. However, the whole production of the telecast should be better on ABC, just for the fact that they are actualy in LA and not in a studio and also they have been doing MLS Cup finals on ABC every year since the first one in 1996.

Because the ABC commentators could be sitting on the goalposts or strapped to the backs of the players and still call the game like shit compared to Nigel.

They talked about Lance Armstrong last time. Enough.

[ilikemusic]

HD?

:poke:

[Redpunkfiddle]

Here is a bit more from last time- the 'stats' graphics covering the view during play, the constant close ups of players during play- we can talk about production values, I guarantee.