Radio / Television News

22 million watch Team Canada win hockey gold

VANCOUVER - Further analysis of the massive television audience that watched last Sunday’s Olympic gold medal men’s hockey game found that 22 million people - or two thirds of the Canadian population - were watching when Sidney Crosby scored Team Canada’s overtime goal.The peak audience follows CTV’s earlier announcement that the 16.6 million average audience for the game makes it the most-watched television broadcast in Canadian history.  Twenty million viewers were watching the medal ceremony in which Canada received its record 14th gold medal of the Games, peaking at 20.5 million viewers when Crosby was presented with his medal from...