Canada/Switzerland Hockey Game Peaks at 12 Million Viewers
Vancouver 2010 Audience Day 7 Recap: Canada/Switzerland Hockey Game Peaks at 12 Million Viewers - OLYMPIC PRIME TIME registers largest audience to date with nearly 6 million viewers from 6 p.m.-2 a.m. ET - - 4.1 million see Canada's seventh medal presented to Christine Nesbitt last night - - Consortium websites record 190,000 live video views last night -
VANCOUVER, Feb. 19 /CNW/ - Sidney Crosby's game-winning shootout goal for Team Canada was watched by an incredible 12 million viewers, preliminary overnight data from BBM Canada data confirms. The 3-2 overtime win over Switzerland was watched on average by 6.8 million viewers, with 769,000 viewers on V/CPAC and RDS. Nearly 19 million Canadians tuned in to some part of the game. After Day 7, 96.3% of the population - or 32.27 million Canadians - have engaged with Vancouver 2010 coverage, according to Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium's CUME index.
Day 7 Average Audiences ----------------------- OLYMPIC MORNING/LE RÉVEIL OLYMPIQUE 807,000 OLYMPIC DAYTIME/JEUX OLYMPIQUES EN JOURNÉE 2.8 million OLYMPIC PRIME TIME/JEUX OLYMPIQUES AUX HEURES DE GRANDE ÉCOUTE 5.94 million Seven Days, Seven Medals ------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 GOLD Alexandre Bilodeau 02/14 Freestyle Skiing/ 7.3 M Men's Moguls ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 SILVER Jenn Heil 02/13 Freestyle Skiing/ 6.6 M Ladies' Moguls ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 BRONZE Kristina Groves 02/14 Speed Skating/ 5.0 M Ladies' 3000m ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 GOLD Maëlle Ricker 02/16 Ladies' Snowboard Cross 3.7 M ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SILVER Marianne St-Gelais 02/17 Short Track Speed 3.5 M Skating/ Ladies' 500m ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 SILVER Mike Robertson 02/15 Men's Snowboard Cross 3.0 M ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 GOLD Christine Nesbitt 02/18 Speed Skating/ 1.5 M Ladies' 1000m ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Highlights - Television ---------------------------------- * Through 7 days, 31.7 million Canadians have experienced the Games on television, representing 94.6% of the population. * 77% of Vancouverites have watched some of the Games outside of their homes. * On CTV alone, the Team Canada hockey game (5.02M) doubled SURVIVOR (Global/CBS, 2.45M) from 8-9 p.m. ET. * Christine Nesbitt's gold medal performance in Speed Skating (Ladies' 1000m) was watched by 1.5 million viewers; later last night, 4.1 million viewers watched her presented with her medal during the Victory Ceremony on CTV and RDS. * The CAN/GER match in Women's Curling delivered 1.25 million viewers for TSN, while 1.37 million viewers watched the Men's Free Skate. * Curling was also a big draw on Rogers Sportsnet, with 909,000 viewers tuning in to see Kevin Martin skip his fourth win for Canada over France. * JEUX OLYMPIQUES AUX HEURES DE GRANDE ÉCOUTE delivered 696,000 viewers for V/CPAC, RDS and RIS, while JEUX OLYMPIQUES EN JOURNÉE was watched by 374,000 viewers.
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For further information: Jim Quan, CTV Inc., (778) 328-2473, [email protected]; Carolyn Fell, CTV Inc., (416) 384-2817, [email protected]; Pamela Mollica, Consortium, (514) 881-8628, [email protected]; Andrea Goldstein, Consortium, (647) 224-8800, [email protected]
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