Melbourne Cup delivers lowest broadcast TV audience to date

Miranda Ward

November 2, 2016 9:51

Yesterday’s Melbourne Cup race saw 1.986m tune in to witness Almandin’s victory, down on last year’s 2.068m.

That broadcast TV audience was the lowest ever for the Cup, however does not account for people who watched the race out of home.

The Cup presentation saw 1.690m metro viewers stick around while the pre-race action in the mounting yard had a metro audience of 1.405m.

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Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.

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