Radio / Television News

Canadian TV audiences embrace Royal Wedding

TORONTO – The Friday morning nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton were watched by over 5 million Canadians, or nearly 38% of the population, according to preliminary data from BBM Canada.The wedding ceremony and procession, which aired Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. ET, had an average minute audience of 5.22 million viewers, 39% of which were male and 61% were female.  A total of 12.55 million unique viewers (37.8% of the population) watched some portion of the ceremony and procession.Audiences were highest in Atlantic Canada, where approximately 531,000, or 56.2% of the region, watched at least part...