Record Audience Watches VANIER CUP on TSN and RDS

– Overall, more than 3.3 million Canadians watched some of the CIS football championship game on Friday night –

Toronto, ON (November 26, 2012) – With Canadian football fever taking over the country this weekend, TSN and RDS’ broadcast of the VANIER CUP on Friday was watched by 910,000 Canadians – making it the most watched VANIER CUP ever. Audience for the CIS football championship game is up 38% compared to last year.

Overall, more than 3.3 million Canadians tuned in to watch some or all of the VANIER CUP on TSN and RDS.

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According to audience data from BBM Canada, TSN’s average audience was 502,000 viewers – its most-watched CIS broadcast ever. RDS’ French-language broadcast attracted an average audience of 408,000 viewers that saw Laval Rouge et Or defeat the McMaster Marauders in a rematch of last year’s thrilling VANIER CUP.

The VANIER CUP kicked off TSN’s extensive weekend of programming celebrating Canadian football.

Audience data for the 100^th GREY CUP will be released later today.

TSN is Canada’s Sports Leader and Canada’s most-watched specialty network. Delivering more sports coverage in High Definition than any other network in Canada, TSN’s comprehensive broadcast schedule features an exciting lineup of sports including NHL, CFL, NFL, NBA, MLS, the IIHF World Junior Championship, Season of Champions Curling, Golf’s Majors, F1, NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series, Grand Slam Tennis, EURO 2012 and 2016, the Tour de France, NCAA March Madness tournament and Championship Boxing events.  TSN properties include TSN2, TSN MOBILE and the industry-leading sports website TSN.ca.  Official broadcaster of the London 2012 Olympic Games, TSN is a division of Bell Media, which is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company.

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