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Data: World Cup boosts streaming app installs

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 […]

December 6, 2022

Thailand switches off World Cup C-band satellite signal

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 […]

December 2, 2022By Colin Mann

Encompass, StarHub deliver World Cup in Singapore

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 […]

December 1, 2022

Samsung, talkSPORT collaboration

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 […]

December 1, 2022

Are streamers delivering their A-game for sports video quality?

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 […]

November 30, 2022

Data: Streamers see surge in World Cup viewing

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 […]

November 30, 2022

ITV1 hits highest weekly viewing share in 20 years

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 […]

November 28, 2022

Research: TV still main platform for watching World Cup

With the FIFA World Cup in Qatar well under way, research from broadcaster regulator Ofcom reveals the different ways UK followers plan to view the action. “Things have come a long way since the first football World Cup in 1930, and since the first televised World Cup in 1954,” notes Ofcom. “While the previous tournament […]

November 28, 2022By Colin Mann

World Cup streaming ban hits Saudi viewers

Saudi Arabia football fans hoping to watch World Cup action on streaming service TOD TV claim the government has blocked the platform from screening the games. TOD TV, which holds the rights to show the World Cup in Saudi Arabia, is owned by Qatar’s beIN Sports Media Group. The service’s website says: “Sorry, the requested […]

November 28, 2022By Colin Mann

18m watch England vs USA on ITV1

The biggest UK audience of the World Cup so far watched England v USA on ITV1 on November 25th with a peak of 18 million viewers tuning in to see the Three Lions held to a lacklustre 0-0 draw in their second match of the tournament. The audience figures, which encompass all viewers across television […]

November 28, 2022