The World Ski Championships in St. Moritz aroused great interest among the public

From February 6 to 19, 2017, the world's best male and female skiers competed for the World Cup title in eleven different disciplines in St. Moritz. Swiss radio and television reported extensively on the winter sports event on TV, radio and online - with great success with the audience, as SRF writes in a statement on Monday.

Up to 1,163,000 people watched men's downhill live on SRF two

SRF zwei broadcast a total of around 80 hours from St. Moritz. On average, 439,000 viewers from German-speaking Switzerland watched the races live on SRF zwei. This figure corresponds to a market share of 69.9 percent (target group 3+, German-speaking Switzerland, overnight). The highest figure was achieved by the men's downhill on the Super Sunday of the World Ski Championships: Up to 1,163,000 viewers watched the race with winner Beat Feuz live on SRF zwei. On average, 1,076,000 people tuned in live for the men's downhill, which corresponds to a market share of 78.3 percent (target audience 3+, German-speaking Switzerland, overnight).

560,000 people watched the farewell of the Hüppi/Russi duo

The last appearance of the Hüppi/Russi commentary duo provided a special TV moment. After 31 years, Matthias Hüppi and Bernhard Russi ended their joint commentary career on the final day of the World Championships with the men's slalom. An average of 560,000 people from German-speaking Switzerland watched the second and decisive slalom race live on SRF zwei. The final race with Hüppi/Russi commentary thus achieved a market share of 64.2 percent (target audience 3+, German-speaking Switzerland, overnight).

Audience success "Champiuns - Late Night Talk from St. Moritz".

With "Champiuns," SRF presented a TV novelty especially for the Ski World Championships in its own country. From Monday to Saturday, Steffi Buchli welcomed national and international ski legends as well as other celebrity guests to the late-night talk in an igloo at the St. Moritz train station. The audience at home really enjoyed what was happening in the unique TV studio: On average, 117,000 people from German-speaking Switzerland watched the late-night premiere broadcast of "Champiuns - Late Night Talk from St. Moritz". This corresponds to a market share of 16.5 percent (target group 3+, German-speaking Switzerland, overnight).

The most-watched first broadcast was the show on Monday, February 13, 2017, with guests Marc Girardelli and Tanja Frieden. 174,000 people from German-speaking Switzerland watched the sporty and entertaining Stammtisch from 10.45 p.m. on SRF zwei, which corresponds to a market share of 24.0 percent. The peak value was achieved by a second broadcast on the day of the postponed men's downhill. On Saturday afternoon, February 11, 2017, an average of 482,000 people from German-speaking Switzerland watched the repeat of the previous evening's show on SRF zwei. This corresponds to a market share of 62.1 percent (target group 3+, German-speaking Switzerland, overnight).

SRF online offering achieved a total of 4.5 million visits

SRF offered the public a comprehensive service for the World Ski Championships in St. Moritz, and not just on television. SRF.ch/sport and the SRF Sport app also offered all the races as livestreams - with great success: On Super Sunday alone, with the two men's and women's downhill races, the various livestreams on Srf.ch/sport and in the SRF Sport app were started a total of 215,000 times. During the entire World Ski Championships, SRF's online offering achieved a total of 1.6 million livestream starts and 4.5 million visits.