As the FIFA World Cup enters the knock-out stages (unfortunately without the England squad), new research reveals the record-breaking impact the football tournament has had on TV viewing across the world.
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The strong growth of mobile and tablet video viewing will pose a significant threat to traditional TV viewing in future, according to an industry expert.
While the 7pm episode didn’t exactly manage to bring in an impressive audience, 5 million viewers and a 28% share was enough to secure Thursday’s biggest audience.
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As always, the trip to Weatherfield secured Wednesday’s biggest audience and bagged a 34% share.
Tuesday night saw the UK’s football-mad population gather around their TVs in the vain hope that Roy Hodgson’s England team would bow out of the FIFA World Cup 2014 tournament in a heroic blaze of glory.
Monday night brought two major clashes to UK screens, with one battle involving two soap rivals, while the later face-off was more of the traditional FIFA World Cup 2014 sort.
Even this year’s most hyped sporting event struggled to keep people out of the glorious summer sunshine.
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Wednesday night brought a devastating outcome to World Cup holders Spain as they were sent crashing out of the competition in a shocking 2-0 defeat.