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The Rio 2016 Olympic Games

cbcCBC/Radio-Canada’s coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games reached 32.1 million Canadians, more than have watched any previous Summer Games in Canada. Over the 16 days of coverage between August 5 and 16, CBC and primary broadcast partners TSN/RDS and Sportsnet, offered up 1275 hours of TV coverage. On the digital side, CBC reports more than 229 million total page views and nearly 37 million video views on their English and French language websites and apps.

CBC/Radio-Canada made its first quarterly report for 2016-2017 available online on August 30. Read it here.

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