Many broadcasters will not be taking home any gold medals for how many people have watched the Tokyo Olympic Games so far.
In several major markets around the world, the TV audience has fallen since 2016, as viewing becomes more fragmented and athletes compete in Japan when audiences are mostly asleep in the United States and Europe.
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