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Originally Posted by Andy6
Not great, but TV viewership is declining across the board.
I wonder what the figures would be if the games were on CTV. It might be worth TSN's while to simulcast one game a week on CTV (maybe after there are 10 teams and 5 games a week) and use that to promote the TSN games.
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CTV has a 20% greater reach than TSN, in addition to that, cord cutters can receive CTV OTA but need cable to get TSN.
I remember they gave a reason why games weren't on CTV but I can't remember why aside from the TV contract. By not being on CTV they are really hurting the growth of the product and unfortunately helping the NFL.
The Montreal number would be much more respectable with the addition of RDS (near 100k).
Still, despite being far from it's heyday so is every other sport, it would be interesting to see the latest comparisons.
Also, there was some speculation that one of the reasons for Rogers buying into the Argos would be a change in the TV contract that would allow for a weekly game on Sportsnet. Just rumour and innuendo (so far) as the saying goes.