{"id":515799,"date":"2022-11-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/is-critical-coverage-hurting-world-cup-ratings\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T12:00:00","slug":"is-critical-coverage-hurting-world-cup-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-critical-coverage-hurting-world-cup-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"#Is Critical Coverage Hurting World Cup Ratings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27c14c239b8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27c14c239b8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-critical-coverage-hurting-world-cup-ratings\/#Is_Critical_Coverage_Hurting_World_Cup_Ratings\" >Is Critical Coverage Hurting World Cup Ratings?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Critical_Coverage_Hurting_World_Cup_Ratings\"><\/span>Is Critical Coverage Hurting World Cup Ratings?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Controversy has swirled around this year\u2019s soccer World Cup in Qatar. From accusations of bribery and fraud in granting the tournament to the tiny, wealthy Mid-East nation, to criticism of Qatar\u2019s persecution of its LGBTQ+ community and its treatment of migrant workers<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    But, judging by viewership figures after the first week of matches, the critical coverage hasn\u2019t hurt the ratings much. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In the U.S., broadcasters Fox Sports and Telemundo, who are carrying the tournament in English and Spanish, respectively, have got off to a strong start. Sunday\u2019s opening match between hosts Qatar and Ecuador was watched live by an average of around 7 million people across both networks. An average of 4 million tuned in to Spanish-language broadcasts on Telemundo, Peacock and Telemundo Deportes\u2019 digital platforms, a 164 percent increase on the 2018 World Cup opener between Russia and Saudi Arabia. English-language viewership on Fox was up 78 percent on the 2018, with a peak of 3.5 million catching the match, compared to 1.7 million who watched the opening <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> in 2018. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    But things really took off when the United States played Monday. Nearly 12 million viewers on Fox and Telemundo caught the 1-1 draw with Wales, with an average of 8.3 million watching on Fox across its broadcast and digital platforms and 3.4 million on the Spanish-language service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Tuesday\u2019s Mexico v. Poland match drew an average of 4.6 million viewers for Telemundo and Peacock across all platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Fox has been careful to avoid any criticism of host nation Qatar, with on-air hosts ignoring any and all controversial topics. Fox has a sponsorship agreement with sponsorship agreement with Qatar Airways and several Visit Qatar tourism spots have run during the channel\u2019s World Cup coverage, but Fox has denied its sponsorship deals are influencing its coverage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    North of the border, Canada\u2019s opening match against Belgium drew an average 3.7 million viewers on sports channel TSN, the main CTV network and the French-language RDS channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    TSN-parent Bell <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> says that audience made the game the most-watched World Cup group stage match on record, citing overnight data from Numeris (Canada\u2019s Nielsen). Last time Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared in World Cup was in 1988. The opener was the second-most-watched sports broadcast of the year in Canada, behind only Super Bowl LVI. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Overall, the match reached 8.9 million viewers, or around one-in-four Canadians watching some or all of the live broadcast, which ended with a 1-0 victory for Belgium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In Britain, the BBC has taken a stronger stance on issues in Qatar, shifting coverage of Sunday\u2019s opening ceremonies off its main channel in favour of a human rights message presented by host Gary Lineker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    But that position hasn\u2019t appeared to dampen the British appetite for World Cup soccer. A peak of 8 million tuned into the BBC to watch England hammer Iran 6-2 in its first match of the competition on Monday. While significantly down on the ratings for team\u2019s opening game against Tunisia at the 2018 World Cup in Russia \u2014 which peaked at 18.6 million \u2014 it should be noted that that game was played in the evening, while the Iran match was at the broadcast well outside primetime at 1 pm in the U.K.. The BBC said a further 8 million people streamed Monday\u2019s match on iPlayer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    With a primetime slot of 7 p.m. on Friday and up against their centuries-old foe, England\u2019s match against the U.S. should prove be a much bigger draw, although the overall figure could be unknown due to large numbers expected to watch in pubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Meanwhile, Wales, playing in a World Cup for the first time since 1958, beat their local rivals in terms of audience, with a peak of around 13 million watching their dogged 1-1 clash with the U.S. on ITV (a number no doubt aided by the 7 p.m. kick off time).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    When England and Wales finally meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday Nov 29, the evening slot and the fact the two neighbours have never played each other in a World Cup before should make for a ratings bonanza for the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In Germany, however, where official World Cup broadcasters ARD and ZDF have reported extensively on human rights abuses in Qatar and on calls to boycott the tournament, viewership so far has been sharply down on previous World Cups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The German team\u2019s surprise 1-2 defeat to Japan on Wednesday drew just 9.2 million viewers on ARD, although the early kick-off time \u20142 PM in Germany \u2014may have also played a role. The audience was a fraction of the nearly 26 million that watched Germany\u2019s opening match of the 2018 World Cup in Russia (which also the Mannschaft go down in defeat, 0-1, to Mexico).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Sunday\u2019s opening match, which hosts Qatar lost 0-2 to Ecuador, drew just 6.2 million German viewers on ZDF. To compare: more than 10 million Germans watched the Russia vs. Saudia Arabia opening match in World Cup 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In the team photo ahead of the match, Germany\u2019s players covered their mouths in a silent protest against soccer governing body FIFA, which had threatened to sanction players if they wore a rainbow-colored \u201cOneLove\u201d armband as part of campaign to raise awareness about LGBTQ+ rights. Consensual relations between members of the same sex are illegal in Qatar. FIFA claims the armband violates its ban on \u201cpolitical symbols.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cEven without the armband, our position stands,\u201d read the official tweet from the German Soccer Association (DFB), with a picture of the players covering their mouths. \u201cWe wanted to set an example for values that we live in the national team: diversity and mutual respect. To raise our voices together with other nations. This is not about a political message: human rights are non-negotiable.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">Wir wollten mit unserer Kapit\u00e4nsbinde ein Zeichen setzen f\u00fcr Werte, die wir in der Nationalmannschaft leben: Vielfalt und gegenseitiger Respekt. Gemeinsam mit anderen Nationen laut sein. Es geht dabei nicht um eine politische Botschaft: Menschenrechte sind nicht verhandelbar. 1\/2 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v9ngfv0ShW\">pic.twitter.com\/v9ngfv0ShW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DFB-Team (@DFB_Team) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DFB_Team\/status\/1595404453477326856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    While German players didn\u2019t don the OneLove armband, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser proudly wore hers as she watched the match, sitting next to FIFA President Gianni Infantino.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The OneLove controversy has already cost Germany: one of the national team\u2019s sponsors, the supermarket chain Rewe, cancelled their deal with the German Soccer Association after the team bowed to FIFA\u2019s demands to drop the armband.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWe stand for diversity and soccer is also diverse,\u201d said Rewe boss Lionel Souque, in a statement. \u201cFIFA\u2019s scandalous behavior is for me, as a CEO of a diverse company and also a soccer fan, completely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    After Germany\u2019s loss to Japan, some in the local media blamed the debate around the OneLove armband and the team\u2019s pre-game protest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cThere was too much drama in the build-up, too many issues that were more important than football, much like four years ago [when Germany went out in the first round], opined former Germany captain and 1990 World Cup champion Lothar Matth\u00e4us in the tabloid Bild. \u201cThat sort of thing disturbs your concentration, it distracts \u2013 and thus means you may lack the crucial five or 10 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    There was little mention of protests or controversy on Japanese public broadcaster NHK, which scored an impressive 40.6 percent share of the Tokyo market for its coverage of the Germany-Japan match, despite the late 10 p.m. kickoff for Japan. Millions more caught the game on streaming platform Abema, with peak viewership topping a record 10 million on Wednesday, according to parent company CyberAgent Inc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    There were also no signs of protest as reining World Cup champions France took the field for their opening match Tuesday against Australia. Les Bleus also had no problem drawing a home crowd. According to figures from ratings group M\u00e9diam\u00e9trie, 12.53 million locals tuned in to national network TF1 to watch the French team batter Australia 4-1, an audience on par with the 12.59 million that watched France\u2019s opening game, also against Australia, in Russia 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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