More than 90% of Aussies will be watching Olympics online claims study

After years of TV being the back bone of Australian broadcasting, electronic devices will take over during the Rio Olympics with 92% of Australian’s expected to be engaged through their devices according to new research.

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Programmatic service firm Rocket Fuel looked into where viewers will be tuning into the games during the sporting festival’s two week run.

The survey said people will still flock to their TV’s for the main events, with 66% of Australians expected to use television as their platform top view Olympic-related coverage, but the 13 hour time difference with Rio means 53% will rely on catch-up video.

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