Let the Olympic Games begin with us on CBC this Friday.
Live coverage of the opening ceremony of this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris begins at 1 p.m. ET on CBC. It will be hosted by CBC’s chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault and CBC Sports host Scott Russell, with the ceremony itself beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC News Network, TSN, Sportsnet, the CBC 2024 Paris Olympic Games website and the CBC Paris 2024 app.
Our Toyota Olympic Games prime-time panel — Andi Petrillo, Waneek Horn-Miller, Perdita Felicien and Craig McMorris — will guide Canadians through the official start of the Games, which begins with a six-kilometre long parade along the Seine River that will showcase some of the most iconic monuments in Paris.
A prime-time encore broadcast will air on CBC TV and CBC Gem at 7 p.m. ET and midnight ET on Friday.
The opening ceremony will be presented with closed captioning, described video and ASL integrations.
If you miss it, we’ve got you covered: the ceremony will also be available on-demand on CBC’s dedicated Paris 2024 website, CBC Gem and through the CBC Paris 2024 app for 24 hours after the event is finished.
CBC Sports is keeping audiences up-to-date on the latest news from Paris with a variety of exclusive digital series available across its social media platforms, including CBC Sports YouTube and TikTok, CBC Olympics X, Facebook and Instagram, as well as digital platforms CBC Gem, cbc.ca/paris2024 and the CBC Paris 2024 app for iOS and Android devices.