Olympic coverage locally on TV when you have cut the cord

Saturday, July 28, 2012 AnnMarie Brown 12 Comments

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As a family we love the Olympics and love watching the Olympics but we also made a decision many years ago to cut the cord meaning we do not have cable TV. Lucky for us when we moved to Toronto we were able to pick up quite a few stations via digital antenna. The lucky part for us it that we can still view the olympics via CTV and NBC.

We really do not have an elaborate antenna by any means just a small one that is not to unsightly but it does allow us to get about 23 tv stations for free. Okay not free, free but via the $29.99 antenna we purchased. It was very easy to install and attach to our balcony already existing. I will add that we do live on the 7th floor and face west. In our old house we only got one station total. So to have 23 stations is like having cable to us. So we are thankful that we can get our Olympic coverage and watch Canada win the gold. 

 We did watch the opening ceremonies on Friday night and I thought it was very beautiful and nice but I also felt that is was a little all over the place. Do you have any thoughts on the opening ceremonies?
One of the tv channels we do get it called Antenna TV... 2.2 on our tv is all I can tell you and I get to enjoy watching Leave it to Beaver and The Partridge Family. We also get all the American major networks as well as all the major Canadian ones also. My youngest is happy to see TVO and PBS on the television. Always great to have some educational television.

So cutting the cord is not all bad. Actually on a funny note the first day of us living here and having the antenna installed my middle daughter and I just sat and watched some commercials. We haven't seen a commercial in so long. Really we are not missing much.

Do you watch the Olympics as a family? Is your family interested in the Olympics at all?

12 comments:

  1. Paula SchuckJuly 30, 2012 at 7:54 AM

    We are watching a lot of it. I loved the opening and found it really sharp and witty and lived the literary references. It made me want to visit England. I am glad you get more channels and that is a total bonus. I have not been amused by the coverage though. It is all over the map. Yesterday husband and I were watching and it was jumping to US feed and then back and really disjointed.

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  2. UnknownJuly 30, 2012 at 8:23 AM

    I watched a bit of the opening ceremonies and have been catching moments here and there. The ceremonies was definitely unique and quite the production! Didn't feel like an Olympic ceremony, but was creative for sure. England is putting a lot of effort in you can tell lol. I do feel it's all over the place :S

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  3. AnnMarie BrownJuly 30, 2012 at 9:53 AM

    Paula funny you mention that... because I double checked to see if I was watching NBC instead of CTV at one point yesterday... NOPE I was watching CTV ... wasn't impressed by that either.

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  4. Mom vs. the boysJuly 30, 2012 at 10:17 AM

    wow no cable! I haven't caught any of the olympics yet, but I hope to

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  5. UnknownJuly 30, 2012 at 10:38 AM

    We've been so busy during the day, but have been able to catch some of the swimming and gymnastics events in the evening. My 3.5 year old is really interested! We were at the beach and she said she was trying to swim like the Olymic swimmers! LOL!

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  6. TorviewtorontoJuly 30, 2012 at 11:13 AM

    lovely post we watch as a family :)

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  7. Everything Mom and BabyJuly 30, 2012 at 11:22 AM

    We've watched it here and there but not exclusively.
    Well, maybe the male swimmers for me :P

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  8. AshleyJuly 30, 2012 at 1:30 PM

    We have become big Olympic fans this year! The girls are just old enough to get involved and we want to show them that hard work can take you anywhere you WANT to go.

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  9. ShannonJuly 30, 2012 at 2:22 PM

    We love the opening ceremonies. And we will watch sports that DDs love.

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  10. ShashJuly 30, 2012 at 2:47 PM

    we've been talking about cutting the cable, it's such a life-sucker! you can always watch CTV online :)

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  11. NPCJuly 30, 2012 at 3:52 PM

    I've been catching the Olympics at work and afterwards. Can't say I've always been a fan but, I love rooting for CANADA!

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  12. Journeys of The ZooJuly 30, 2012 at 9:54 PM

    We're looking to do this (I LOVE the Olympics). Any details on the antenna you can share would be appreciated. My husband a.k.a. McGyver has downloaded instructions on how to make an antenna yourself...

    Besos, Sarah
    Zookeeper at Journeys of The Zoo

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