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Juno Ratings Topped 1M Viewers

CBC’s two-hour March 17 broadcast of the 2019 Juno Awards from London’s Budweiser Gardens garnered an average minute audience of 1.2 million on CBC, CBC Radio One and CBC Music and a total audience

Juno Ratings Topped 1M Viewers

By FYI Staff

CBC’s two-hour March 17 broadcast of the 2019 Juno Awards from London’s Budweiser Gardens garnered an average minute audience of 1.2 million on CBC, CBC Radio One and CBC Music and a total audience reach of 4 million nationally, according to data supplied by the network.


Streaming platforms edged 14 percent higher than the 2018 edition in Vancouver, to 270,000 live and on-demand views on various platforms that included YouTube, Facebook, and CBC Gem.

Sarah McLachlan both hosted and performed on the telecast. Other performers on the night included Corey Hart, bülow, Cœur de Pirate, Loud Luxury, Jeremy Dutcher with Blake Pouliot, Loud, The Reklaws, Bahamas, NAV, and Whitehorse.

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Nine Canada-Based Music 'Streaming Manipulation' Sites Taken Down After IFPI Complaint

IFPI and Music Canada filed a legal complaint with the Canadian Competition Bureau, stating that the nine sites were selling fake streams to boost play counts on streaming services.

Nine sites that were selling fraudulent streams have been taken offline, according to IFPI and Music Canada.

IFPI, the worldwide recording industry association, and Music Canada, a trade group that represents major Canadian labels, filed a legal complaint with the Canadian Competition Bureau against the sites, accusing them of selling false plays and streams to manipulate streaming service data. The nine connected sites, the most popular of which used the domain name MRINSTA.com, have since gone offline (though you can still see them via the Wayback Machine).

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