Wednesday, 30 November 2011

CBC Update on catching up to the UK timeline

I saw a news headline in my inbox tonight regarding the CBC double episode "catch up" that we're seeing. The article is dated about a month ago but it's still relevant. People have been asking how long CBC is going to continue to catch up and how much will they catch up?

This article states that CBC will play catch up until they're pretty much up to date. We don't know if we'll be 100% caught up as the CBC might keep it about a week or so behind the ITV episodes in case of a technical glitch. Fair enough! There's also mention of not suspending Corrie anymore during sporting events, though they may play with the schedule and air it at a different time. “Even if it doesn’t play in its normal timeslot we’ll put it in another timeslot,”

Also fair enough. Most people have vcrs or dvrs these days and CBC also carries it online. They estimate we should be caught up by September. CBC posts the week's episodes on Mondays following the airing of the Sunday omnibus in all regions so you can always catch it there as well. Kudos to CBC for this! An hour a day for the next 8 or 9 months is a lot to keep up with but it's worth it!
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous30 November 2011 at 09:07

    They did this in Aussie about a year ago, it was great. Now we're about 2-3 months behind UK

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  2. grannyscalpay30 November 2011 at 11:56

    My family in Canada are loving this! Corrie is mega popular there.

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  3. Anonymous30 November 2011 at 12:36

    Nothing like a good pot of tea and 5 hours of Corrie on a Sunday morning before the rest of the house stirs. No better way to begin the day.

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  4. Rachel30 November 2011 at 15:06

    Great news!

    I fell behind what is even on the CBC Website that I've taken to watching episodes on Youtube, just so that I have more access. I'm pretty much at the far end of the episodes that are online that I decided I was just going to Youtube the episodes - after hearing the same commercials all the time, I'm thankful for other means - and that in time I hoped that I would slowly catch up with the UK. Obviously now I'm going to have to try and stay on track! I suppose I better go and watch a couple of episodes before I fall even further behind! :)

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  5. ChiaGwen30 November 2011 at 21:28

    PVGloss - watch UK episodes on YouTube - current and years gone by ones.

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  6. Anonymous28 December 2011 at 02:57

    I agree with "pvgloss" - I'm a Canadian living in the US and would love to see Coronation Street on line!!

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  7. Anonymous9 August 2012 at 02:48

    They are also cutting material out in order to catch up no way to catch up otherwise

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