ABC’s NYE fireworks coverage up by more than 300,000 from 2017
More than 1.4m Australians across the five metro cities tuned in to watch the fireworks on the ABC, as the clock ticked over into 2018.
With 1.486m metro viewers, ABC’s coverage was up by more than 300,000 on the year prior, which attracted 1.178m.
Pickering, with co-host Zan Rowe
This is what ABC is saying:
3.7 MILLION AUSTRALIANS CELEBRATED WITH THE ABC’S ALL-STAR NEW YEAR’S EVE COUNTDOWN
Monday, January 1, 2018 — ABC, ABC ME and ABC News reached 3.7 million viewers in metro and regional markets across its New Year’s Eve broadcast coverage from 8:30pm last night.
In addition, a total of 46,000 live streams were recorded via iview across the night and the coverage had a further 2.2 million views across social media platforms.
Audiences peaked at 11:59pm for ABC’s Midnight Fireworks (combined metro and regional audience).