Ahead of England’s World Cup quarter-final match against France on December 10th, a study has revealed the optimum screen size to watch the game on, as voted for by some of the nation’s biggest football fans. The data uncovered in AO.com’s Football Consumption Report in partnership with LG shows that, when it comes to the […]
Wanting to increase the dynamism of its Qatar World Football Tournament coverage, Fox Sports turned to UK video services company Debrouillard Television to capture the fan experience during key matches during the tournament. This included the England vs USA match on November 25th. The broadcaster, a long-time LiveU user, specified that it was the company’s […]
A peak of 20.4 million viewers across TV and streaming watched ITV’s coverage of England vs Senegal as the three lions booked their place in the World Cup quarter-finals on December 4th. This is 1.7 million viewers higher than the peak audience that watched England vs Wales in the Group B World Cup match on […]
Mobile marketing analytics platform, Adjust, and app intelligence provider, Apptopia, have released data on streaming app installs, sessions and session lengths pertaining to FIFA World Cup. Key insights include: Streaming app installs spiked globally during opening day. The start of the FIFA World Cup took place on November 20th and it was one of the […]
Viewers in Thailand will no longer able to watch World Cup matches on C-band satellite television, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) has ruled. The C-band signal was switched off December 1st following a warning from FIFA over broadcasting copyright, having found the country’s transmission access was also being used in other countries. FIFA […]
Encompass Digital Media, a managed service provider for television networks, broadcasters, sports leagues and OTT platforms, is selected to deliver FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 to football fans in Singapore via StarHub, an official broadcaster in the region. Encompass is providing comprehensive broadcast solutions throughout the tournament, including live sports playout, distribution, live-to-VoD and creative […]
Samsung has launched an exclusive Neo QLED viewing pod at its Samsung KX experience space in King’s Cross, London. Running until December 18th, the unique pod will offer football fans the opportunity to watch the beautiful game in stunning picture quality on Samsung’s QN800B TV. Developed in collaboration with leading sports radio station talkSPORT, visitors […]
Are streaming providers delivering their A-game when it comes to the video quality of the most-watched sports event of the year? While the world was counting the goals in the first World Cup match of Qatar vs. Ecuador, our virtual eyes were scoring the perceptual video quality. The result: all three streaming providers scored below […]
Despite a somewhat slow start in terms of viewership numbers compared with the previous World Cup, the first week of Qatar 2022 has seen a massive surge in usage amongst providers with streaming rights. Global streaming analytics specialist NPAW looked at engagement data for a selection of its clients and identified a 290 per cent increase […]
ITV’s The I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! finale attracted a huge peak audience of 11.5 million viewer (a 59 per cent share of viewing), the highest peak audience of the year for an entertainment show, on any channel. The final show of the season averaged 10.1 million (53 per cent share) across the […]