Record Audience Watches NFC Championship on CTV

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TORONTO (January 20, 2014) – The final stop on the road to SUPER BOWL XLVIII drew record audiences to CTV, as overnight data from BBM Canada confirms that the Seattle Seahawks’ thrilling victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL Conference Championships attracted 2.7 million viewers to the network. Up 45% compared to last year’s NFC Championship, it was the highest audience ever recorded for a non-Super Bowl NFL Playoff game in Canada.

The game was the most-watched program on Canadian television on the weekend, with the audience peaking late in the fourth quarter with more than 3.6 million viewers as the Seahawks intercepted quarterback Colin Kaepernick to seal the victory over their NFC West rival, the 49ers.

Earlier in the day, Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos’ decisive victory over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots attracted an average audience of 2.2 million viewers to CTV. The AFC Championship was up 12% compared to last year.

Overall, a total of 10.3 million viewers tuned in to CTV to watch some or all of the network’s coverage of the NFL Conference Championships on Sunday.

Together, audiences for both NFL Conference Championship games on CTV were up 28% compared to last year.

CTV’s exclusive coverage of the NFL Playoffs continues with the most-watched television event in Canada, the SUPER BOWL, airing live on Sunday, Feb. 2 with coverage beginning at 12 noon ET.

Live coverage of SUPER BOWL XLVIII is also available on TSN.ca/Radio and on TSN Radio 1050 in Toronto, TSN Radio 690 in Montreal, TSN Radio 1290 in Winnipeg, TSN Radio 1200 in Ottawa, TSN Radio 1260 in Edmonton, and TEAM 1410 in Vancouver.

Fans can also tune in to TSN Radio stations across the country for news and analysis of SUPER BOWL XLVIII from TSN’s best-in-class team of football Insiders and experts.

NFL on Bell Media

The 2013-14 NFL season is the final year before the recently announced multi-year extension of Bell Media and the National Football League’s broadcast partnership that brings the 4 p.m. Sunday package to CTV and TSN for the first time, allowing for a full day of Sunday NFL programming on Bell Media channels in addition to the existing agreement for primetime games on TSN.

About CTV

CTV is Canada’s #1 private broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming, CTV has been Canada’s most-watched television network for the past 12 years in a row. CTV is a division of Bell Media, Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, digital, and Out-of-Home. Bell Media is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. More information about CTV can be found on the network’s website at CTV.ca.

Source: BBM Canada

For electronic measurement data that dates back to 1994. Audiences prior to August 31, 2009 are based on BBM Nielsen Media Research Mark II meters.

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