CBC Sports has signed a four-year broadcast and multimedia agreement for the rights to FIS (Federation Internationale de Ski) Alpine Skiing. Beginning this 2006/07 FIS Alpine World Cup season and continuing through 2009/10, CBC will broadcast more than 30 hours of coverage per year including the FIS World Cup from Lake Louise, Alberta, and the FIS Alpine World Championships from Sweden.
As host broadcaster, CBC will kick off its coverage with the Alpine Ski World Cup from Lake Louise on November 25th – providing feed to broadcasters around the globe. Also on CBC this season will be World Cup events in Val d’Isere, France, Kitzbuehel, Austria and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Beginning in November, CBC Television and CBC Country Canada will also air Snowtime, the FIS Alpine World Cup Ski Report, weekly to provide the latest news and highlights from around the World Cup circuit.
