Comments on: Thank goodness for Canada coverage http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2006/02/thank-goodness-for-canada-coverage/ Shedding some light on topics of software development, Visual FoxPro, saving our planet, paying it forward, and anything else I find important enough to share. Sun, 13 Jan 2019 18:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Mike Feltman http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2006/02/thank-goodness-for-canada-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Mike Feltman Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:48:00 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2006/02/thank-goodness-for-canada-coverage/#comment-1022 Former Toledoan <a href="http://www.skiracing.com/news_photos/PROFILES/bleiler_portrait_web_122702.jpg" rel="nofollow"><br />Gretchen Bleiler</a> stopped by to visit Lightning for good luck before she left for Torino. Former Toledoan
Gretchen Bleiler stopped by to visit Lightning for good luck before she left for Torino.

]]> By: Game Geek http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2006/02/thank-goodness-for-canada-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Game Geek Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:02:47 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2006/02/thank-goodness-for-canada-coverage/#comment-1023 The womens hockey games Saturday and Sunday morning on CNBC and USA were live...and many more games than just the US.<br /><br />But in the end, it's all about money. Time shifting things to prime time pulls in more viewers and NBC charges more for the ads there.<br /><br />I was going to say something about the time difference between here and Torino, but then I remembered that NBC did lots of time shifting four years ago here in Salt Lake City. The womens hockey games Saturday and Sunday morning on CNBC and USA were live…and many more games than just the US.

But in the end, it’s all about money. Time shifting things to prime time pulls in more viewers and NBC charges more for the ads there.

I was going to say something about the time difference between here and Torino, but then I remembered that NBC did lots of time shifting four years ago here in Salt Lake City.

]]> By: Garrett http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2006/02/thank-goodness-for-canada-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Garrett Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:50:22 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2006/02/thank-goodness-for-canada-coverage/#comment-1024 I agree. I've been leaving CBC on all day, and not bothering with NBC's coverage. I love living far enough north to manage this. :-) I agree. I’ve been leaving CBC on all day, and not bothering with NBC’s coverage. I love living far enough north to manage this. :-)

]]> By: Steven Black http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2006/02/thank-goodness-for-canada-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Steven Black Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:56:36 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2006/02/thank-goodness-for-canada-coverage/#comment-1025 ... and you're probably only seeing only the half of it. The Canadian French network has about as much coverage again. I think it's amazing that NBC pays far more than CBC/Radio Canada, and Americans mostly just get taped delay highlights. … and you’re probably only seeing only the half of it. The Canadian French network has about as much coverage again. I think it’s amazing that NBC pays far more than CBC/Radio Canada, and Americans mostly just get taped delay highlights.

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