Once again, CTV News is the choice of Canadians when it comes to breaking news coverage. CTV was the only English-language Canadian conventional network to break into regularly scheduled programming the moment white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel and provide continuing coverage on Wednesday. Then, 1.1 million viewers were watching CTV and CTV News Channel’s THE NEW POPE coverage the moment Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time. Helmed by CTV News’ Chief Anchor Lisa LaFlamme from Vatican City, the special coverage drew 735,000 viewers, more than all other English-language networks and nearly twice the typical daytime viewing audience on CTV and CTV News Channel.* In all, 2.1 million unique viewers turned to CTV News coverage to learn the identity of the new pope.
With extensive online access to the latest papal news throughout the conclave,CTVNews.ca’s pope coverage drew more than 700,000 page views yesterday, overall.
