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TSN2’s World Juniors Audience Sets a New Benchmark for Digital Television

January 5th, 2010 catalaj No comments

- TSN scores with audience of 3.2 million for Canada-Switzerland Semifinal game 

- TSN2’s broadcast of United States-Sweden semifinal is highest audience ever recorded
for a digital channel - 

Toronto, ON (January 5, 2010) – Not only was Sunday another huge day for the IIHF World Junior Championship on TSN, it was a landmark day for TSN2 and digital television in Canada.  While TSN’s broadcast of the Canada-Switzerland semifinal attracted an average audience of 3.2 million viewers and was the most-watched program overall on Canadian television according to BBM Canada, TSN2 continued to set new benchmarks for audiences on a digital channel.

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3.3 Million Canadians Watch New Year’s Eve World Juniors Classic on TSN

January 4th, 2010 catalaj No comments

– All Team Canada games record audiences of more than 2 million viewers –

–Canada and United States face off in Gold Medal Game tomorrow on TSN –

Toronto, ON (January 4, 2010) – BBM Canada confirmed today that more than 3.3 million Canadians watched TSN’s coverage of the thrilling Canada-United States shootout game on New Year’s Eve – making it the most-watched preliminary round IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP game ever and TSN’s fourth most-watched program of all-time*. The New Year’s Eve Classic is among the top 15 telecasts to air on Canadian television in 2009.  

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2009 – A Historic Year for TSN

December 23rd, 2009 catalaj No comments

– TSN celebrates the past year with a record Grey Cup, large audiences and growth across all business platforms –

– TSN is the #1 specialty channel in Canada across
all key male and female demographics –

TORONTO (December 23, 2009) – 2009 has been one of the most successful and significant years in TSN’s history. In addition to achieving record television audiences for its key broadcast properties, TSN saw significant growth across all of its business platforms.  

With multi-year agreements in place with all of its major partners, TSN will continue to be at the forefront of every major sporting event in 2010 including delivering extensive coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games from February 12 to 28.   Read more…

TSN Records its Highest Curling Audience Ever as 1.2 Million Watch Kevin Martin Qualify for 2010 Winter Games

December 14th, 2009 catalaj No comments

  – 872,000 Canadians watch Alberta’s Cheryl Bernard win the right to represent Canada at the Games –

– TSN’s average audience for the TIM HORTONS ROAR OF THE RINGS was an impressive 496,000 viewers – 

Toronto, ON (December 14, 2009) –Viewers hurried hard to TSN this weekend. Preliminary overnight data from BBM Canada confirms that Kevin Martin’s victory over Glenn Howard during the TIM HORTONS ROAR OF THE RINGS men’s final attracted 1.2 million viewers.  It is the highest curling audience ever recorded on TSN and is almost double the audience for the Men’s Olympic Winter Games qualifier final in 2005 (693,000).* 

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GREY CUP Thriller Delivers a Record Audience of 6.1 Million Viewers on TSN and RDS

November 30th, 2009 catalaj No comments

 –2009 GREY CUP is the most-watched program on Canadian television this year –

­– TSN sets a network audience record with 5.087 million viewers for classic game –

– 1.009 million viewers watch the Alouettes win on RDS –

 

Toronto, ON (November 30, 2009) – It was a GREY CUP classic and now it’s a GREY CUP record.  More Canadians watched the GREY CUP last night on TSN and RDS than ever before. Preliminary overnight data from BBM Canada confirms that 6.1 million viewers watched last night’s thrilling CFL championship game – making it the most-watched GREY CUP ever* as well as the most-watched telecast of the year in Canada**. 

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