Olympic audiences continue to soar

VANCOUVER – As Canada continues in its quest to ‘own the podium’, audiences for the 2010 Winter Games continue to soar.Sidney Crosby’s game-winning shootout goal during Canada’s match against Switzerland on Thursday was watched by an incredible 12 million viewers, according to preliminary overnight data from BBM Canada. The game was watched on average by 6.8 million viewers, with 769,000 viewers on V/CPAC and RDS.Other audience highlights from the weekend include:- Christine Nesbitt’s gold medal performance in Ladies’ 1000 m speed skating was watched by 1.5 million viewers, while 4.1 million viewers watched her receive her medal during the victory...