BBC coverage of Wales v England on Tuesday evening was watched by a peak audience of 18.7 million.
World Cup pushes global TV shipments to 221m in 2018
The global TV market grew 2.9% in 2018, reaching 221 million units, due to a sales surge in the first half of the year as many consumers upgraded their TVs […]
World Cup boosts Russian pay-TV
Pay-TV operators in Russia signed up to one and half times more subscribers than usual during the World Cup earlier this summer.
BBC received 1.6m requests for Ultra HD sport
The BBC has revealed it received over 1.6 million requests during its recent Ultra HD trials for the World Cup and Wimbledon.
FIFA takes action against beoutQ’s pirate World Cup
With just two matches left, football’s governing body is preparing to take legal action against the Saudi pirate that has been illegally retransmitting the World Cup.
Football World Cup drives Zattoo traffic in Germany
The FIFA Football World Cup 2014 has provided internet TV platform Zattoo with record OTT viewership figures in Germany.
ITV Player fails during World Cup opener
Football fans have been angered after the ITV Player failed to cope with the volume of traffic during Thursday’s World Cup opener between Brazil and Croatia.
England misses out on 3D World Cup
England will not be a part of Sony’s 3D coverage of the World Cup unless the team progresses to the quarter-final stage – and even then seems unlikely to have […]