Sky News Sees Record Viewing Figures for Royal Wedding Coverage

Sky News enjoyed record figures for the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday 29th April.

The coverage, led by Sunrise’s Eamonn Holmes, was viewed by millions of people across multiple platforms.

Sky News had a highest programme audience of 661,000 with an all-day share increase of 142% on average figures, taking the Royal Wedding into the top 20 viewing figures in Sky News’ history.  Skynews.com had over 970,000 million unique users, nearly double an average day, which led to 5.8 million page impressions.

Over 35,000 customers enjoyed coverage via Sky News’ ground-breaking iPad app, the best single day performance since the service launched six weeks ago and 225% higher than the daily average. Sky News mobile services saw over 590,000 unique users creating over 4.9 million page views - a 57% increase in comparison to the monthly average.

John Ryley, Head of Sky News, said: ‘Our team did a world-class job delivering the Royal wedding to our viewers across multiple platforms. Our coverage was celebratory and fun and our record figures reflect just how much our audiences enjoyed it too.’

Sky’s Royal Wedding anchor, Eamonn Holmes, commented: ‘For me the highlight of the day was the feeling of happiness. Maybe not the strongest feeling or emotion but on the day it was contagious.’

Over 160 members of staff helped to deliver Sky News’ coverage of the Royal Wedding which started at 6am and continued throughout the day, including a special programme entitled ‘Your Royal Wedding’ which allowed viewers to send in their own experiences of the royal wedding via video.