CBC has announced its coverage for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris.
A Toyota-sponsored four-person panel, Olympic Games Primetime, will guide Canadians through the Opening Ceremony on June 26. Paris Tonight‘s Ariel Halwani will be on the ground in Paris, sharing live updates via social media. The panel features two Olympians with former Canadian water polo co-captain Waneek Horn-Miller and world champion hurdler Perdita Felicien, alongside professional snowboarder and analyst Craig McMorris and six-time Olympic host Andi Petrillo.
Ahead of the ceremony, CBC will air a program hosted by Paris Prime Live‘s Scott Russell and CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault, which will include highlights from the Opening Ceremony red carpet, featuring stars from the world of sports, arts and entertainment.
Following the start of the Games, CBC will air the first part of the documentary La Grande Seine, which tells the story of the last months of preparation for the Opening Ceremony through the eyes of its key organizers and participants. CBC will also premiere two hour-long sports documentaries chronicling the journey of Canadian athletes as they prepare for their moment on the world stage.
Beginning July 25, CBC will air Running a Revolution, which follows two Canadians as they travel the world in hopes of making it to the starting line of this summer’s historic event; and Toyota Make or Break, which takes viewers into the lives of eight Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes throughout the intense final year of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
CBC Gem will also offer live broadcasts of all Paris 2024 events, with pre-Olympic soccer and rugby sevens coverage beginning July 24.
Coverage will also feature live broadcasts from each venue and will include all Canadian medal-winning moments, with 22 hours of live TV coverage each day and a total of more than 3,000 hours of live content on CBC and partner networks TSN and Sportsnet.
CBC will also display information on full event schedules, results and athlete bios on its website, and its regional radio programs will provide hourly updates on everything happening in Paris.
