CBC’s Live Coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 Officially Kicks Off This Friday with the Opening Ceremony

CBC’s live coverage of the Opening Ceremony begins Friday, July 26 at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) on all CBC networks and digital and streaming platforms

CBC coverage of Team Canada begins Thursday, July 25 on CBC and CBC Gem with the first match of the Canadian women’s soccer team, against New Zealand, starting at 10:30 a.m. ET (7:30 a.m. PT)

CBC invites audiences across the country to mark the official start of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on Friday, July 26 with live coverage of the Opening Ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) on CBC, CBC Gem, CBC News Network, TSN, Sportsnet, CBC’s dedicated Paris 2024 website (cbc.ca/paris2024) and the CBC Paris 2024 app for iOS and Android devices.

Beginning at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) on July 26, the pre-Ceremony show, hosted by Paris Prime Live’s Scott Russell and CBC News Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault, builds anticipation for the big event and includes highlights from the Opening Ceremony red carpet, featuring stars from the sports, arts and entertainment worlds. The pre-show concludes with the exclusive world premiere of THE GOLD WITHIN, an inspiring, original spoken-word performance by Ontario’s first Poet Laureate, Randell Adjei, and three-time Olympian Phylicia George. The six-minute piece celebrates the artistry of sport, while recognizing the highs and lows in the journey to greatness.

Then at 1:30 p.m. ET (10:30 a.m. PT), the Toyota Olympic Games Primetime panel - Andi Petrillo, Waneek Horn-Miller, Perdita Felicien and Craig McMorris - unite to guide Canadians through the Opening Ceremony, reinvented for central Paris as a 6km parade route along the Seine River, sailing from Pont d’Austerlitz in the east to the Trocadéro in the west and showcasing some of the most iconic monuments in Paris along the way. Paris Tonight’s Ariel Halwani will be on the ground in Paris, sharing live updates as they happen across CBC Olympics’ social media accounts.  A primetime broadcast of the Opening Ceremony will air on CBC and CBC Gem at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).

Coverage of the Opening Ceremony will be presented in an accessible manner with closed captioning, described video and ASL integrations. Additionally, all of CBC’s primetime broadcast coverage will be available in described video.

CBC Gem offers live streams of every event at Paris 2024, with pre-Olympic coverage of soccer and rugby sevens beginning Wednesday, July 24. The full streaming schedule can be found here. Coverage of Team Canada kicks off Thursday, July 25 on CBC and CBC Gem with the first match for the Canadian women’s soccer team, the defending gold medallists, against New Zealand, starting at 10:30 a.m. ET (7:30 a.m. PT). The exciting kick-off to the Games is followed by the first part of documentary LA GRANDE SEINE, offering insights into the grand preparations for the Opening Ceremony in Paris. Later that day, the debut of two one-hour sports documentaries chart the journeys of Canadian athletes as they prepare for their moment on the world stage.  

LA GRANDE SEINE
Part One: Thursday, July 25 at 9 a.m. ET on CBC Gem and at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) on CBC
Part Two: Friday, July 26 at 9 a.m. ET on CBC Gem and at 12 p.m. ET (9 a.m. PT) on CBC
Two-part documentary LA GRANDE SEINE, an Olympic Channel original series, tells the story of the final 12 months of preparation for the Opening Ceremony through the eyes of its key organizers and participants. Olympic Opening Ceremonies have always marked history by their creativity, their magnitude and drama due to the stakes of the event for the host country. It is the biggest show on earth. And this time, more than ever, a handful of people came up with
a crazy idea: to organize the opening ceremony inside the city of Paris while making La Seine the greatest red carpet on the planet. Part Two will feature live interviews from the red carpet with Paris Tonight’s Ariel Helwani.

PARIS 2024: RUNNING A REVOLUTION
Thursday, July 25 at 9 a.m. ET on CBC Gem and at 8 p.m. local (8:30 NT) on CBC
The women’s marathon at Paris 2024 may be the most culturally significant moment of these Games. This grueling race represents the culmination of the struggle women have endured to achieve gender equality on the Olympic stage. RUNNING A REVOLUTION follows the path of two Canadians who travel the world with hopes of getting to the start line of this summer’s historic event. Hosted and produced by CBC Sports’ Brenda Irving.

PARIS 2024: TOYOTA MAKE OR BREAK
Thursday, July 25 at 9 a.m. ET on CBC Gem and at 9 p.m. local (9:30 NT) on CBC
TOYOTA MAKE OR BREAK takes us inside the lives of eight Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes throughout the intense final year of qualification for the Olympic Games Paris 2024. What they learn about themselves in this unforgiving process is a lesson for all: the power of sport to reveal character in victory and defeat, and the power of individuals to endure, live and grow.

CBC’s coverage of Paris 2024, including live event streams and on-demand replays, will be available on the CBC Gem app on connected TV screens via Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, LG, Roku, Samsung, Xbox, as well as on mobile devices and online at CBCGem.ca. Audiences across Canada will also be able to watch CBC’s live broadcast through their TV provider. Out of home live streaming and on demand content will be available with Bell, Telus and Ebox. Live coverage will also be available through streaming on Rogers, Fubo and RiverTV.

Starting Friday, July 26 with the Opening Ceremony, CBC’s regional radio shows will offer up-to-date hourly reports on all the action from Paris 2024 at 25 minutes past the hour. Audiences can tune in to CBC Olympic Games Reports for the latest on Team Canada, with sports reporter Scott Regehr in the morning, Khalil Hassanali in the afternoon, and Sonali Karnick weekend mornings.

CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada’s Olympic Network through 2032 and Paralympic network through 2026, is the exclusive Canadian broadcast and streaming home of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, taking place from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, August 11. CBC’s comprehensive coverage of Paris 2024 will feature live broadcasts from every venue and include every Canadian medal-winning moment, with 22 hours of live television coverage each day and totalling more than 3000 hours of live content available on CBC and partner networks TSN and Sportsnet, CBC Gem, CBC’s Paris 2024 website (cbc.ca/paris2024) and the CBC Paris 2024 app for Android and iOS devices. Audiences can also visit the website and app for full event schedules, results, athlete bios and features, daily updates and more, as well as exclusive coverage by CBC Sports including in-depth reports, highlights, digital series and on-demand replays of the biggest moments and events, ensuring Canadians don’t miss a minute of the action.

More details will be announced soon regarding CBC’s coverage of the Paralympic Games Paris 2024, which will take place from Wednesday, August 28 to Sunday, September 8.

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