That's not quite what Meg said... That 2/3 figure refers to the Games as a
whole, and I would take that to mean 4.4B watched at least some of the
Olympics over the two weeks they were being broadcast. Someone can correct
me if that's not the right interpretation
------Original Message------
From: kathy
Sender: admins-zeppelin@xxxxxxxx
To: Meg Ireland
To: zeppelin@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Re: Jimmy Page to perform at closing ceremony of Beijing
Olympics
Sent: Aug 27, 2008 8:11 AM
Way to go Jimmy!!! 2/3 of the population....WOW
katy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meg Ireland" <megireland9@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <zeppelin@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:27 PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: Jimmy Page to perform at closing ceremony
of
Beijing Olympics
Olympics bow out with 6.8m viewers for closing ceremony
"LONDON - The Olympic closing ceremony, which included David Beckham
riding a bus as part of the symbolic handover to London, was watched
by 6.8m people in the UK on Sunday afternoon.
The event concluded what Nielsen calculated was the most watched Games
in history, which reached 4.4bn people or two-thirds of the world's
population.
The 2004 Athens Olympics was watched by 3.9bn and the 2000 Sydney
Olympics by 3.6bn."
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/MostRead/841311/Olympics-bow-68m-viewers-closing-ceremony/
Meg