CTV won one of four possible Olympic Golden Rings awards earlier today at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, for its host broadcast coverage of men’s and women’s hockey at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Presented by IOC President Jacques Rogge, the award was accepted on behalf of CTV by Ivan Fecan, President & CEO, CTVglobemedia; CEO, CTV Inc.
The Olympic Golden Rings is an international competition that honours excellence in television broadcasting for an Olympic Games and is awarded by the International Olympic Committee.
CTV won “Gold” in Best Olympic Sports Production – Hockey, as best Olympic sports production by a production team of the host broadcasting organization, Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver (OBSV). The men’s gold medal hockey game stands as the most-watched television broadcast in Canadian history with 16.7 million viewers.
Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, led by CTV, delivered the Top 5 most-watched events in Canadian television history during its coverage of Vancouver 2010, three of which were hockey games. The men’s gold medal hockey game peaked at 22 million viewers when the “golden goal” was scored in overtime, while 26.4 million watched some part of the game. Meanwhile, the Canada vs. USA preliminary round game ranks #4 with 10.6 million viewers (Feb. 21) while the Canada vs. Russia quarter-final ranks #5 with 10.5 million viewers (Feb. 24). In all, 99% of the Canadian population (33,148,000 Canadians) experienced the 2010 Winter Games through one of the Consortium’s platforms (television, online, print, radio), with Canadians consuming 1.25 billion hours of Vancouver 2010 coverage on television alone.
