Pictured: Gemini winner James Duthie takes best sportcaster (credit: George Pimental, courtesy ACCT)

This was predictable: The CTV-Rogers consortium that broadcast the 2010 Winter Olympic Games from Vancouver grabbed six Gemini trophies Tuesday night for TV sports coverage, while the CBC dominated the TV news and information categories.

With CTV News continuing to bypass Canada’s TV awards, the CTV network was left to share in six Geminis for Olympics-related TV coverage, including the best live sporting event of the year trophy.

“We raised the bar,” Keith Pelley, who led the Olympic broadcast consortium before recently bolting CTV to run rival Rogers Media, told the Geminis gala audience Tuesday night.

“It’s very rare to put together a dream team,” Pelley added as he paid tribute to around 1,600 people behind the TV coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, which came into the Geminis with 13 nominations.

Stephen Brunt and Matt Dunn won for best sports feature segment for their closing essay at the 2010 Olympics, and Chris Cuthbert was named the best sports play-by-play announcer for his coverage of the men’s gold medal hockey match in Vancouver.

“Everyone brought their A-game to the Olympics. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” he said Tuesday night.

Other winners: Catriona Le May Doan won for best sports analyst and James Duthie was named best sportcaster.

For the CBC, the biggest haul Tuesday night came in the news categories.

Diana Swain won for best anchor, CBC News Ottawa picked up bling for best local news in a small market, and CBC News Nova Scotia st 6:00 p.m. won for best local breaking reportage.

CBC News: The National, a perennial Gemini winner, earned the trophy for best breaking reportage, national, and Amanda Lang won for best news host for CBC News Network’s The Lang & O’Leary Exchange.

In all, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television handed out 50 awards Tuesday night from 107 categories in all, during a gala at the Kool Haus in Toronto hosted by Ennis Esmer (The Listener, Wipeout Canada).

The Geminis on Wednesday night will turn to award-giving in the drama, children’s and youth, comedy, and variety categories.

The highest profile drama and comedy Geminis will be handed out on November 13 during a gala at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto to be hosted by Glee‘s Cory Monteith.

The CTV/CBS cop drama Flashpoint leads the field with 15 nominations going into the industry kudosfest, including best drama.

The final night of the Geminis will air on Global Television and Showcase.

A complete list of Gemini winners and nominees is available at www.geminiawards.ca.