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World Cup edges NBA finals in US TV ratings
AFP
July 11, 2006
NEW YORK (AFP) - Sunday's World Cup final in Berlin scored big with US television viewers, with nearly 17 million tuning in for the clash between France and Italy -- topping audiences for the NBA basketball finals.
According to preliminary data released by Nielsen Media Research, 11.9 million people watched live coverage of the final on the ABC network, while another five million chose the Spanish-language broadcast on the Univision channel.
The total represented an increase of more than 150 percent over the 2002 final, which was shown early in the morning, and around 30 percent over the 1998 tournament decider.
In a country where football is still considered something of a minority sport, Sunday's viewing figures compared favourably with those for high-profile US sporting events.
It was four million more than the average audience for last month's NBA finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat and not far away from the average 17.1 million that watched last year's baseball World Series.
However, it was still nowhere near the highlight of the annual US sporting calendar, American football's Super Bowl, which attracted more than 90 million viewers in February.
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?sl...v=afp&type=lgns
well looks like soccer is getting more popular in the US!! whether you guys like it or not. The MLS, by the way, has shown improvement in each of its seasons in existance, and are now starting to build soccer only stadiums. This is important cuz it will allow the MLS to play 2 seasons a year, like every other league in the world, and therefore atract better players!!(beckham maybe!!)
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fblwc2006usamedia&prov=afp&type=lgns
AFP
July 11, 2006
NEW YORK (AFP) - Sunday's World Cup final in Berlin scored big with US television viewers, with nearly 17 million tuning in for the clash between France and Italy -- topping audiences for the NBA basketball finals.
According to preliminary data released by Nielsen Media Research, 11.9 million people watched live coverage of the final on the ABC network, while another five million chose the Spanish-language broadcast on the Univision channel.
The total represented an increase of more than 150 percent over the 2002 final, which was shown early in the morning, and around 30 percent over the 1998 tournament decider.
In a country where football is still considered something of a minority sport, Sunday's viewing figures compared favourably with those for high-profile US sporting events.
It was four million more than the average audience for last month's NBA finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat and not far away from the average 17.1 million that watched last year's baseball World Series.
However, it was still nowhere near the highlight of the annual US sporting calendar, American football's Super Bowl, which attracted more than 90 million viewers in February.
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?sl...v=afp&type=lgns
well looks like soccer is getting more popular in the US!! whether you guys like it or not. The MLS, by the way, has shown improvement in each of its seasons in existance, and are now starting to build soccer only stadiums. This is important cuz it will allow the MLS to play 2 seasons a year, like every other league in the world, and therefore atract better players!!(beckham maybe!!)
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fblwc2006usamedia&prov=afp&type=lgns