11 Million Canadians watched part of World Juniors Gold Medal Game on TSN and RDS

[Bear12Good]

WJC 2017 TV RATINGS
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[Bear12Good]

any info?

 

[Fenway]

Bell Media does some creative spinning of the numbers but it appears fans were watching.


http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/11...world-juniors-gold-medal-game-on-tsn-and-rds/

TORONTO (January 6, 2017) – The first of TSN’s 60+ iconic championship events in 2017 was an instant classic, with Team USA edging Team Canada in an unforgettable Gold Medal Game at the World Juniors. The game captivated viewers across the country, as preliminary overnight data from Numeris confirms that 11.1 million unique viewers – more than 30% of Canadians – tuned in last night to watch the back-and-forth affair that culminated with Team USA’s dramatic shootout victory.

Last night’s Gold Medal Game is the most-watched English-language hockey broadcast on any network since the 2015 World Juniors final between Team Canada and Russia.

An average audience of 5.2 million viewers tuned in to TSN (4.2 million) and RDS (950,000) as Team USA captured their fourth World Juniors championship in a game that has been described as one of the best Gold Medal Games in tournament history. The game achieved a 40.2% share, meaning more than 40% of people watching television across Canada on Thursday night were tuned to the game.

Audience levels on TSN and RDS peaked at 7.2 million viewers at 11:19 p.m. ET in the shootout, as Troy Terry’s lone goal secured the gold medal for Team USA.

 

[PRZ45MD]

What were the other ones doing?!

 

[habsrule4eva3089]

If I recall, close to or over 15 million watched in 2015 and and 2011.

This year's tournament wasn't popular.

Lack of big names might have not attracted the non Hockey fans.

 

[WrinkledPossum]

Bell Media does some creative spinning of the numbers but it appears fans were watching.

that's how everyone goes about reporting ratings. The Super Bowl doesn't have 100m eyes on it for every second, but 100m see at least some of it.

If I recall, close to or over 15 million watched in 2015 and and 2011.

This year's tournament wasn't popular.

Lack of big names might have not attracted the non Hockey fans.

Sort of goes along with a lack of big names, but Canada's games were pretty boring except for the final.

 

[Snippit]

Does this number account for illegal streams, lol?

 

[Past Considerations]

Does this number account for illegal streams, lol?

lol, no. How on earth would even quantify that? Legal internet streaming or at least IPTV might be.

The ratings system must be similar as what Nielsen Ratings uses in USA and many other countries. There's no spying device in every tv but there are a few thousand people/households that take part in the survey for a year or so (and they the rotate the people) each hour marking what channel they're watching.

 

[Fenway]

Viewership in the US will never be known as NHL Network does not subscribe to Nielsen.

 

[Bear12Good]

Russia-USA 1/2 TSN how tv ratings?
How popular Team Russia in Canada?

 

[tony d]

Yes and those 11 million watched 1 of the better hockey games in quite some time.

 

[Bear12Good]

Yes and those 11 million watched 1 of the better hockey games in quite some time.

How many people in Canada watching Russia-USA 1/2 semifinal?
How popular Team Russia in Canada?

 

[Advanced stats]

How many people in Canada watching Russia-USA 1/2 semifinal?
How popular Team Russia in Canada?

Not popular at all.

 

[Bear12Good]

Not popular at all.

Very bad news

 

[JackSlater]

Not popular at all.

Depends on what is meant by popularity. Canadians don't support the Russian team very much against other teams, but Russia vs Canada is a popular matchup. Other than USA no team generates as much interest in Canada.

 

[Advanced stats]

Depends on what is meant by popularity. Canadians don't support the Russian team very much against other teams, but Russia vs Canada is a popular matchup. Other than USA no team generates as much interest in Canada.

Very bad news

I would say that there is zero support for team Russia in Canada.

All the viewers for Canada-Russia games is Canadian support.

I suspect that Canada-Russia games get the same amount of viewers as Canada-Sweden or Canada-Finland.

 

[Bear12Good]

In Russia Team Canada very popular

 

[Bear12Good]

Depends on what is meant by popularity. Canadians don't support the Russian team very much against other teams, but Russia vs Canada is a popular matchup. Other than USA no team generates as much interest in Canada.

How many people in Canada watching Russia-USA 1/2 semifinal in TSN?

 

[xxxx]

How do they actually know how many people watch the game? And do the bars with one TV and 100 people count? I'm just honestly curious

 

[NyQuil]

How do they actually know how many people watch the game? And do the bars with one TV and 100 people count? I'm just honestly curious

They can see through the TVs.

You didn't know that?

 

[garnetpalmetto]

How do they actually know how many people watch the game? And do the bars with one TV and 100 people count? I'm just honestly curious

So ratings are, from my understanding, done using only residential televisions. Bars and the like don't get measured. There's two ways ratings are collected

• Journals/diaries that the participant uses to self-record what they watched and when
• Set Meters which are connected to the television and logs what channel a viewer is watching and when and reports that to Nielsen (or whomever is doing surveying) each night

Obviously they don't do this for every home, but they'll use what percentage are watching based on the total number of participants in the sample at any time to calculate how many people in the population at large were watching.