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CP24 BREAKFAST Winter Storm Coverage Draws Top Audiences; CTV NEWS TORONTO AT SIX Up 47%
– CP24 up double digits throughout the storm on Jan. 28 and 29, as Toronto’s go-to source for winter storm coverage –
TORONTO (February 1, 2019) – When major events happen in Toronto, viewers turn to CP24 and CTV Toronto for news they can count on, including this week’s significant winter storm.
On Tuesday, Jan. 29, CP24 BREAKFAST more than doubled the A25-54 audience of its closest competitor for storm coverage – becoming its 4th most-watched broadcast on record in the demo and 2nd most-watched among total viewers, reaching 868,000 (2+). Led by hosts Gurdeep Ahluwalia, Pooja Handa, and George Lagogianes, along with meteorologist Bill Coulter, reporter Jamie Gutfreund, traffic and transit specialist Mika Midolo, traffic and safety specialist Cam Woolley, and traffic specialist Lisa Morales, viewers turned to Toronto’s most-watched local morning show for up-to-the-minute breaking news.
As the storm hit the city on Monday, Torontonians overwhelmingly chose CP24 and CTV for CTV NEWS TORONTO AT SIX, resulting in a 47% increase (A25-54) over its average audience this broadcast year on both channels. On CP24 alone, the broadcast more than doubled its normal audience.
Audiences were up 63% (A25-54 and 2+) on Monday and up 60% (A25-54) and 54% (2+) on Tuesday on CP24, versus its full-day average this broadcast year.
“CP24 and CTV News Toronto have longstanding connections with their audiences, trusted for both up-to-the-minute breaking news and in-depth reporting,” said Michael Melling, General Manager, CP24 and CTV News Toronto. “We are honoured that Torontonians overwhelmingly choose our newscasts every day, and particularly when it matters the most to them.”
About CP24
CP24 is Toronto’s source for breaking news. Available on multiple platforms including television, web, mobile, and via its Twitter handle @CP24, CP24 is the GTA’s #1 destination for news, weather, and traffic. CP24 also delivers information on the move with CP24 GO and the CP24 traffic app. CP24 has been honoured numerous times by the RTDNA – the association of electronic journalists – including, most recently, with the Gordon Sinclair Award for Live Special Events in 2017, the Ron Laidlaw Award for Continuing Coverage in 2016, and the Charlie Edwards Award for Digital Media Spot News in 2015. CP24 is a division of Bell Media, which is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company.
About CTV News
CTV News is Canada’s most-watched news organization both locally and nationally, and has a network of national, international, and local news operations. CTV News operations include CTV NEWS CHANNEL, BNN Bloomberg, CP24, and information programming, including CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LISA LAFLAMME, CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH SANDIE RINALDO, W5, POWER PLAY, and QUESTION PERIOD. Flagship news sites include CTVNews.ca, as well as CP24.com and BNNBloomberg.ca, and are complemented by the CTV News, CP24, and BNN Bloomberg apps, and text-over-video product, ON THE GO, which provide a direct connection to Canada’s most trusted news anytime and anywhere. With a perspective that is distinctly Canadian, CTV News brings Canadians the international and domestic news stories of the day and is the #1 news organization in Canada.
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