TORONTO (February 17, 2015) – TSN kicked off 2015 with stellar audiences, ringing in its best month in five years, as final data from Numeris (BBM Canada) confirms that January 2015 is the second most-watched month in the network’s 30-year history. Overall, TSN averaged 230,000 viewers (Total Viewers; Full Day/ 24 Hours) throughout January 2015, marking an 18% increase compared to January 2014. This ranks second only to TSN’s all-time monthly record set in February 2010 during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

TSN’s strong ratings scorecard for January 2015 was highlighted by record audiences for the inaugural  COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF semifinals, PINTY’S ALL-STAR CURLING SKINS GAME, AUSTRALIAN OPEN, and the World Juniors – led by the most-watched broadcast in Specialty TV history – along with average audience increases for this year’s NFL Playoffs and SPORTSCENTRE, Canada’s flagship sports news and information show.  See below for a breakdown of ratings highlights for these properties.

“Last month was a fantastic example of the breadth and depth of TSN’s programming roster,” said Stewart Johnston, President of TSN. “Along with our perennial ratings winner, the World Juniors, our five national feeds delivered a variety of record-setting events throughout January. The TSN team had a solid start to the new year, and over the next 11 months, we’ll continue to bring Canadians more of our diverse lineup of the biggest events in sports.”

January 2015 Ratings Highlights

World Juniors

• TSN and RDS combined to average 7.1 million for the Gold Medal Game, ranking as the most-watched telecast ever on Specialty TV
• Team Canada’s seven games averaged 3.2 million – the highest ever for a World Juniors tournament and the first time every Team Canada game attracted an average audience of 2 million in tournament history
• Detailed ratings breakdown here: http://bmpr.ca/1FiVFPq

Pinty’s All-Star Curling Skins Game

• TSN’s annual curling skins game earned an average audience of 461,000 – the highest ever for the event
• Audiences were up 40% compared to last year
• The Team Jones vs. Team Carey semifinal and the women’s and men’s finals became the only TSN skins game telecasts to ever achieve average audiences over 500,000
• Detailed ratings breakdown here: http://bit.ly/155azbl

College Football Playoff

• The three matchups from the highly-anticipated debut of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF averaged 564,000 viewers
• The ROSE BOWL on TSN drew a record average audience of 698,000, ranking as the most-watched U.S. College Football game ever, up 11% over the previous record set in 2010
• Detailed ratings breakdown here: http://bmpr.ca/1BrG4Jq

Australian Open

• The average audience for the 2015 AUSTRALIAN OPEN on TSN was up 24% over last year
• Genie Bouchard’s quarter-final match vs. Maria Sharapova ranked as the most-watched AUSTRALIAN OPEN quarter-final broadcast ever for TSN
• Detailed ratings breakdown here: http://bmpr.ca/1D5u52M

NFL Playoffs

• TSN’s average audience for the AFC Divisional playoff between Indianapolis and Denver averaged 991,000 viewers on TSN, up 10% over last year’s AFC game
• Detailed ratings breakdown here: http://bmpr.ca/1wadPbJ

SportsCentre

• TSN’s primetime edition of SPORTSCENTRE earned an average audience of 201,000, up 59% over last year
• TSN’s evening edition of SPORTSCENTRE earned an average audience of 172,000, up 8% over last year

Upcoming Programming Highlights

TSN’s robust broadcast schedule continues to feature a slate of marquee events throughout the first quarter of 2015, including these upcoming highlights:

• Auto Racing – NASCAR and Formula One
• Basketball – NCAA March Madness
• Curling – Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Tim Hortons Brier and the world men’s and women’s curling championships
• Hockey – TradeCentre and the World Women’s Hockey Championship
• Soccer – Major League Soccer

Source: Numeris (BBM Canada), Broadcast Months.