CBC Has "Heidi" Moment, Airs Movie Instead Of CFL Conclusion
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The CBC Stays With "The Good Thief"
Instead Of Airing Conclusion Of CFL Game |
The CBC on Saturday night "chose not to resume coverage of the [CFL] Edmonton Eskimos-Saskatchewan Roughriders game after a power outage at Mosaic Stadium in Regina caused a delay,” according to William Houston of the Toronto GLOBE & MAIL. Instead of returning to the final 13 minutes of the game, the CBC “stayed with a movie that had been running as filler for about 55 minutes.” The game, which resumed at about 1:30am ET, was available only online at CBCSports.ca and on TV in Saskatchewan. CBC Sports Exec Dir Scott Moore, who could not be reached by his staff during the delay, said, “I take responsibility for what happened, for not having been in touch. Clearly, we fumbled. The wrong decision got made." Moore said that the CBC will “immediately establish policy to ensure that a live sporting event is carried to its conclusion, barring extraordinary circumstances.” Houston, who likened the CBC's decision to NBC's "Heidi" snafu in '68, notes the net did not notify viewers the telecast was online and on CBC Regina for digital viewers. The CBC, which is in the last year of its CFL contract, “lost TV rights to TSN partly because of television problems.” In ’05, the net “upset owners by airing games without play-by-play audio during a lockout of employees,” and last year it chose not to shoot the East playoffs in HD (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 8/20).
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