Special Report on Specialty Channels

Spring ’97

Specialty channel audience share 18+ 24-hour English-language cable networks, national for the week ending May 5, 1997 According to A.C. Nielsen

-Tier 1

A&E 5.6

TSN 4.1

PBS 2.7

U.S. Superstn. 2.2

TLC 1.9

CBC Newsworld 1.7

YTV 1.5

Nashville Net 1.5

Weather Network .9

CNN .9

Much Music .8

Vision .8

-Tier 2

Discovery 1.3

Showcase 1.1

WTN 1.1

Bravo! .8

Life Network .7

CMT Canada .6

Fall ’97

Specialty channel audience share, 18+ 24-hr. English language cable networks, national for the week ending Oct. 7, 1996 According to A.C. Nielsen

-Tier 1

A&E 5.7

TSN 3.5

PBS 2.8

U.S. Superstn. 2.7

TLC 1.6

CBC Newsworld 1.4

YTV 1.4

Nashville Net 1.3

CNN .8

Vision .7

MuchMusic .7

Weather Net .6

-Tier 2

Discovery 1.3

Showcase 1.0

WTN 1.1

Bravo! .9

CMT Canada .8

Life Network .7

Spring 1997

Specialty channel audience share, viewers 2+, Canadian services only For the four weeks ending April 27, 1997 According to A.C. Nielsen People Metres

TSN 3.7

YTV 2.9

CBC Newsworld 1.2

Discovery Channel .9

MuchMusic .8

Showcase .7

WTN .7

Weather Network .5

Bravo! .5

Life Network .5

CMT Canada .5