The 112th Gray Cup was a great event for the Canadian Football League and attracted a strong television audiencealthough the broadcast was interrupted periodically.
The broadcast of Sunday's game, which was simulcast on TSN, CTV and RDS, was momentarily interrupted at seemingly random times throughout the game, leaving millions of viewers stuck watching a black screen for several seconds.
It appears that the network has not yet identified the cause of the problem, although they are in the process of finding out.
““We were aware of intermittent broadcast issues affecting the Gray Cup broadcast and immediately engaged technical teams to resolve the issue,” a network spokesperson wrote. 3DownNation in the statement. “Unfortunately, the problem persisted throughout the broadcast, despite numerous attempts to resolve it. We are conducting a full post-mortem analysis to determine the source of the problem.”
At least one service violation occurred during each of the game's four quarters, including one shortly before Shea Patterson's costly error that spoiled Montreal's chances of tying the game with a touchdown late in the fourth quarter.
According to preliminary data, average audience 4.02 million people watched the 112th Gray Cup on TSN, CTV and RDS, although the distribution between these channels remains unclear. That's a 12 percent increase from 2024, with the network also reporting a 27 percent increase in streaming viewers. TSN+.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders defeated the Montreal Alouettes in the 112th Gray Cup at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg, 25-17.
Trevor Harris was named MVP after he completed 23 of 27 pass attempts for 302 yards, winning his first Gray Cup as a starter. Samuel Emilus was named Most Valuable Canadian after he had 10 catches for 108 yards and only two completions, failing to set a Gray Cup record.
