Date: 26th January 2001

TV Viewers Abandoning Sets In Canada


TV viewership in Canada fell to its lowest level in twenty years, according to a study released Thursday by Statistics Canada. Average viewing time fell to 21.6 hours a week versus 22.6 hours a week in 1999 and 23.5 the previous year. Statistics Canada attributed the decline to the attraction of movie theaters, which reported record attendance for the seventh straight year, and the Internet, where household usage rose nearly 20 percent

Source: Studio Briefing