Serbia v England

BBC’s coverage of England’s Euro 2024 opener peaks at 15 million

No sooner does ITV brag about their Euro 2024 audience, than the BBC strikes back. England v Serbia drew in more than half of the nation’s TV viewers on Sunday evening, as people watched BBC Sport’s coverage of England’s Men’s Euros opener in huge numbers across BBC TV and BBC iPlayer. A peak audience of 15 million people watched the BBC’s coverage of England v … Continue reading BBC’s coverage of England’s Euro 2024 opener peaks at 15 million

Euro 2024 ITV team

ITV’s Euro 2024 opener reaches 10 million viewers

ITV is celebrating the audience for the opening match of Euro 2024. More than 10 million viewers watched ITV’s live and exclusive Euro 2024 kick-off match between Germany and Scotland — the highest peak audience of any opening to a major football tournament in a decade. On ITV1 and ITVX the match peaked with 10.4 million, with an average of 9.1 million watching the match … Continue reading ITV’s Euro 2024 opener reaches 10 million viewers

Euro 2024

Euro 2024 — how to watch

The BBC has released extensive details of their coverage of the upcoming (starts Friday) Euro 2024 football tournament. Although it focuses on all the ways to engage via the BBC, if you scroll down there’s a full breakdown of the group stage matches showing which is covered by BBC or ITV. There’s a lot of detail on presenters, a new dedicated iPlayer channel and a … Continue reading Euro 2024 — how to watch

BBC Womens World Cup Coverage

The BBC’s Women’s World Cup coverage by numbers

While the Lioness raised the bar at the Women’s World Cup 2023, sadly it was not to be as they lost to Spain in the final. The tournaments produced quality football, drama and excitement, with record sales and great viewing figures (the semi-final Australia v England is the most viewed TV on Australian TV ever). The BBC has its own records to share as well. … Continue reading The BBC’s Women’s World Cup coverage by numbers

Women's World Cup 2023

Watching the Women’s World Cup 2023

The Women’s World Cup 2023 starts this Thursday, and as it’s hosted in Australia / New Zealand, this means we get to watch in the morning (work / life permitting). In the UK, as is the norm, coverage is split between BBC and ITV (the links go to their guides). Once the tournament completes, I have no doubt both broadcasters will have plenty of evidence … Continue reading Watching the Women’s World Cup 2023

Ted Lasso season 1

Ted Lasso season 1 — some thoughts

I picked Ted Lasso as one of my Apple TV+ shows to try simply based on it being very popular in the Nielsens and elsewhere. All I knew was the short brief: Ted Lasso, an American college football coach who is hired to coach an English soccer team. Beyond that nothing about the wider story and surprise a US show about English football could score on either side of … Continue reading Ted Lasso season 1 — some thoughts

Argentina v France Final FIFA World-Cup Qatar 2022

World Cup brings viewing records to BBC and ITV

As with any large sporting occasion, audience figures to the recent World Cup 2022 in Qatar have brought a bonanza to both BBC and ITV. We already knew about ITV’s audience for England v France, now we have updates from both the UK’s major broadcasters. BBC breaks streaming records for World Cup 2022 Vastly more people watched the brilliant Argentina v France (pictured) final on … Continue reading World Cup brings viewing records to BBC and ITV

BBC Sounds podcasts

New podcasts bring record numbers to BBC Sounds

More numbers from the BBC as they mark the rising success of BBC Sounds in Q2 2022, and the impact of new podcasts on the weekly audience. Full details here, I’ve grabbed the highlights: The latest data shows there were 392 million plays of all audio on BBC Sounds, with a total of 177 million plays for on-demand radio and podcasts in this quarter. 54 … Continue reading New podcasts bring record numbers to BBC Sounds

Womens Euro 2022

BBC reveals the full viewing figures for Euro 2022

After rushing to reveal the audience for the Women’s Euro 2022 final (spoiler — England beat Germany to become European Champions;-) we now have all the tournament figures for the record. The full set are in the article Record-breaking Women’s Euro 2022 on the BBC, I’ve grabbed the highlights: Women’s Euro 2022 coverage on the BBC: After 31 games, BBC reach (15 mins or more) … Continue reading BBC reveals the full viewing figures for Euro 2022

FIFA 2022 World Cup Qatar

BBC and ITV reveal group stage details for World Cup 2022 Qatar

The draw for the 72nd FIFA World Cup in Qatar may only have been last week, play-offs may yet to be completed, but BBC and ITV have already agreed who will show which games, and we’ve full details of the group stage games here. The key elements are: The BBC will show England’s opening match against Iran as well as the possible Home Nations group … Continue reading BBC and ITV reveal group stage details for World Cup 2022 Qatar

BBC Three

BBC Three return date confirmed

BBC Three was announced as returning in February 2022, and the exact date has been confirmed as February 1. That’s three weeks from today on a Tuesday. Here’s some of the BBC’s press release: Broadcasting from 7pm every night, the channel will be available to watch on Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat. It can also be watched live on the BBC Three channel page on … Continue reading BBC Three return date confirmed