CBC’s Olympics coverage watched by more than 86% of Canadians

TORONTO - Some 30.4 million Canadians (or 86.3% of the population) have watched CBC/Radio-Canada’s coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games across all networks and platforms during the first 10 days, CBC said late Tuesday.The most-watched day of the Games to date was Sunday, August 14 (Day 9), when 20.4 million Canadians tuned in across all television and digital platforms. The public broadcaster said that 6.9 million Canadians watched its coverage of Jamaica’s Usain Bolt capturing the gold medal and Canada’s Andre De Grasse winning bronze in the men’s 100m. The audience for CBC’s English-language broadcast and digital simulcast peaked at 6.922...