Early data released by CBC measured how many Canadians watched peak moments of Sunday’s Winter Olympics gold medal game between Canada and the United States. As for the average minute audience for the entire game, it drew 7.8 million across English & French TV (CBC, TSN, Sportsnet, ICI TÉLÉ, RDS). That is a huge audience for
That heartbreaking women’s figure skating final may be the worst moment of Olympic competition on television I’ve ever witnessed. The horror of it is is that ratings probably went up. Even IOC president Thomas Bach was quoted on Friday saying it had been “chilling” to witness 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva fold under pressure during
Six months after the end of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, the Beijing Winter Games officially kicked off Friday. Watching the opening ceremonies on both CBC and NBC, the North American broadcasters seemed intent on medaling in diplomacy. An overdressed Andi Petrillo in a Toronto studio began Friday at 6:30 am ET by welcoming Scott