Over 55 per cent of Canadians read their news online in 2012, according to a new report released Thursday by the Canadian Radio-Television and Communications Commission.
Over 55 per cent of Canadians read their news online in 2012, according to a new report released Thursday by the Canadian Radio-Television and Communications Commission.
The broadcast regulator’s Communication Monitoring Report for 2013 also found that Canadians collectively watched around 138 million hours of television news weekly. English-language news and analysis accounted for 90.1 million hours a week and viewers watched another 47.9 million hours a week on French-language television.
The study also found one-quarter of Canadians now watch online news clips, and one-third of Canadian smartphone owners and half of Canadian tablet owners use their mobile devices to read news online.
The report also said that the CBC spent more than $300 million on local news programming while private local stations spent another $400 million.
Read the complete report on the CRTC website.
*All infographics courtesy of the CRTC Communication Monitoring Report for 2013.
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