SF with fantastic ratings thanks to World Cup

Swiss television has achieved record ratings thanks to the World Cup, according to a statement. An average of 1,531,000 people watched the final match on Sunday evening at home, which corresponds to a market share of 67.9 percent. However, matches involving Switzerland achieved the highest ratings during the World Cup: The match between Switzerland and Ukraine took first place with 1.7 million viewers, followed by the match between Switzerland and South Korea, which was watched by almost 1.6 million people at home. According to SF, it is unusual that the number of 1.5 million viewers was exceeded for three match broadcasts during one sporting event. The evening matches at 9 p.m. were watched by an average of 802,000 people, giving a market share of 46.5 percent. SF is also satisfied with the ratings of the World Cup magazine, which was broadcast at 8 p.m. on each match day: An average of 299,000 people tuned in for this, which corresponds to a market share of 21.6 percent. Interest in the multimedia offering also increased during the World Cup: The sports site www.sport.sf.tv recorded around 1.1 million visits last month. The most successful day was June 19 (Switzerland-Togo match) with almost 900,000 page impressions and 85,00 visits.
In the host country Germany, too, King Football drew the crowds
ZDF announced that the broadcast of the semi-final between Germany and Italy achieved a new ratings record on German television with almost 30 million viewers (peak: 31.31 million). More than 25 million viewers watched the World Cup final at home on Sunday evening. This corresponds to a market share of 72.3 percent, according to the media company Media Control. At peak times, up to 31.49 million viewers watched.