Seven on target to wrap up ratings year during Olympics

Tim Burrowes

June 19, 2016 2:31

Seven may win the official TV ratings year during its Olympics coverage after coming from behind to win last week’s ratings battle, taking the network to a lead of 14 weeks to three over Nine.

Because the official ratings year excludes the long Christmas summer holidays and Easter, the official battle only covers 40 weeks, leaving Seven needing just seven more wins to seal a victory for 2016.

Seven has the rights to this year’s Olympics, which usually guarantees weekly ratings wins for whichever network covers the event. The Olympics begins in seven weeks’ time and runs for just over a fortnight.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.