Despite an absence of a FIFA World Cup or an Olympics Games, viewers “remained gripped by TV shows”, with over 14 million Brits watching the Wimbledon Final, 13 million French viewers watching the Tour de France, and 26 million Germans watching the election debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Peer Steinbruck.
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