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Compelling indicators?
Average television audience for a Canadian Football League game is 807,000, better than TSN draws for a National Hockey League game. So far, more than 11 million people have watched the four CFL playoff games on cable. Last Sunday, a record TV audience of 2.54 million people viewed the West final between Saskatchewan and Calgary, and 1.7 million watched Montreal beat Toronto, including 600,000 in French on RDS. The key 18-34 age group now represents 20% of overall viewership, an increase of 13% over last year. TSN's five-year contract for about $16-million annually? A bargain. Record viewership is anticipated for Sunday's Grey Cup rematch between the Roughriders and Alouettes. During Mark Cohon's term as commissioner, growth in sales of licensed merchandise is up 150% since 2007. Growth in the average size of a sponorship deal is up 35%. NFL-attuned Southern Ontario remains a tough hurdle for the league, but there isn't a single CFL franchise talking bankruptcy these days.
The record game cements the 2010 season as the most impressive regular season ever for the CFL in terms of television audiences. Audiences on TSN are up 35% compared to last season’s average audience*. Highlighting the schedule were 14 games that recorded audiences of more than one million viewers. The most-watched CFL games of the 2010 season include:
· Edmonton @ Saskatchewan on Nov. 6 – 1.35 million
· Winnipeg @ Saskatchewan on Sept. 5 (Labour Day Classic) – 1.34 million
· Calgary @ Saskatchewan on Sept. 17 – 1.22 million
· BC @ Winnipeg on Oct. 11 (Thanksgiving Day Game) – 1.19 million
· Saskatchewan @ BC on July 10 – 1.15 million
· Edmonton @ Calgary on Sept. 6 (Labour Day Classic) – 1.13 million
In 2009 the 97th Grey Cup competition between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Montreal Allouettes drew the largest TV audience in Grey Cup history with 6.4 million viewers. The November 29th, 2010 98th Grey Cup is second in Grey Cup history with 6.25 million viewers.
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