Canadians stream record 8.3 million hours of CBC’s Olympic coverage

TORONTO - Canadians have been consuming Olympic content online like never before, according to CBC.As of Wednesday February 19, in advance of the men's ice hockey semi-finals and the women's ice hockey final, CBC/Radio-Canada had streamed more than 8.3 million hours of video on its website (excluding the mobile app). This is a record number for Canadians streaming Olympic Winter coverage online.The Canada/Latvia men's ice hockey game on February 19 posted the highest online viewing audience ever for a CBC live event, with an average audience of more than 280,000 on CBC and Radio-Canada’s desktop and mobile devices combined. This beats the...