Sports fans watching classic games, sports clips, to get fix during pandemic

OTTAWA — In a new report released Tuesday, the CBC’s Media Technology Monitor (MTM) analyzes how sports fans have been getting their sports fix during the Covid-19 pandemic, when professional leagues have been forced to suspend public competitions. Some of the sports-related viewing data was included previously in the MTM’s spring 2020 Sneak Peek Report, but the new Sports in the Time of Covid-19 report digs a little deeper into sports fans’ viewing habits during the pandemic. As previously reported, nearly half of Canadians who are typically sports viewers are still finding ways to consume sports content, including watching old...