That's great news for Toronto fans, bleuchick, but what about the rest of us who don't live in "the centre of the universe" (and aren't likely to get their TV channels, either).
Someone on another skating board received an e-mail from Debbi Wilkes confirming Skate Canada, Canadians, and Canadian Synchro Championships are the only skating events on CTV/TSN's broadcast schedule so far. Canadian broadcast rights for Worlds are still being negotiated, but Debbi presumes CBC will get those rights (I'm guessing CTV/TSN's contract for Worlds broadcasting rights expired this year and they decided not to renew it). I'm hoping some kind of deal can be hammered out before next March--it would be sad if Canada, one of the biggest skating countries in the world, doesn't broadcast the World Championships while many other countries where skating coverage is virtually non-existant at least get to see Worlds.
I'm also interested in what (if any) network will broadcast Four Continents next year. 2004 4CCs are taking place in Hamilton this year and when this kind of major international event comes to Canada, CTV usually promotes it to death (posting ads about ticket info every five seconds, etc.) But not this time, which has me worried. I'm hoping the lucky people sitting in the stands in Hamilton won't be the only Canadians who get to see this event, though!
It would be a dream come true for me if Sportsnet starts broadcasting skating again (anyone else remember the "good old days" when Sportsnet used to show at least two hours of skating every Saturday night and
all the GP events?), but the new network that took over from CTV seems to have next to no interest in skating.
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