Uefa European Championship
Belgian, Danish and Swiss public broadcasters net Euro 2020 ratings boost
Action from the Uefa European Championship quarter-finals attracted strong audiences on public-service broadcasters in the competing nations of Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland
Italian TV audience tops 17m as Azzurri reach semi-final
Italy’s win over Belgium in the Uefa European Championship attracted a combined audience of over 17 million viewers on Italian free-to-air and pay-television.
Uefa cites ‘local legislation’ for blocking of Euro 2020 sponsors’ rainbow colours
Uefa prevented sponsors using the rainbow LGBTQ colours at the two Euro 2020 quarter-final matches in Azerbaijan and Russia due to “local legislation”, according to European football’s governing body.
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England-Ukraine is UK’s most-watched live TV event of 2021
England’s run at Uefa Euro 2020 continues to break viewing records, with the national football team’s 4-0 win over Ukraine in the quarter-finals on Saturday pulling in a peak television audience of 20.9 m
Swedish audience tops 3m for national team’s Euro 2020 exit
TV4, the Swedish commercial broadcaster, attracted a second-half audience of 2.83 million viewers on Tuesday evening for the Uefa European Championship round-of-16 clash between Sweden and Ukraine
England-Germany audience peaks at 20.6m on BBC
The BBC’s live coverage of England’s 2-0 victory over Germany at the Uefa European Championship yesterday (Tuesday) attracted a peak television audience of 20.6 million.
TF1 nets highest audience of the year for France’s shock Euro 2020 exit
Free-to-air commercial broadcaster TF1 pulled in an average audience of 16
TVI audience soars as Portugal exit Euro 2020
Portugal’s round-of-16 defeat to Belgium at the Uefa European Championship on Sunday evening posted record viewing figures on TVI, the Portuguese commercial network.
Rai’s Euro 2020 coverage blocked in Malta to protect PBS exclusivity
Public Broadcasting Services, the Maltese public broadcaster, has enforced its exclusivity to the ongoing Uefa European Championship after Italian television coverage of Italy’s latest match was made u…
Rai nets 61-per-cent share for narrow Italy win, ORF pulls in 2m viewers
Italy’s extra-time victory over Austria at the Uefa European Championship registered a 61.1-per-cent market share on Rai, the Italian public broadcaster.
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Heineken bottles ‘won’t be placed’ in front of Muslim players at Euro 2020
Heineken bottles will not be placed in front of Muslim players during press conferences at the ongoing Uefa European Championship after Paul Pogba last week removed a drink from view following France’s m…
NOS lands Dutch national team, Euro 2024 rights
Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS has acquired the rights to Netherlands national football team matches for the three seasons from 2022-23, as well as the 2024 European Championships
SRG SSR lands 2022-28 Uefa national team rights, sells on some matches to CH Media
SRG SSR, the Swiss public broadcaster, has secured rights to Switzerland’s national team matches, along with the Uefa European Championships in 2024 and 2028, while opting to sell on rights to selected m…
Highest Euro 2020 audiences so far in France and Germany on dramatic night
Wednesday evening’s dramatic Group F encounters attracted the highest Uefa European Championship audiences so far in France, Germany and Portugal.
Wembley capacity to rise to over 60,000 for Euro 2020 semi-finals, final
Wembley Stadium’s capacity for the semi-finals and final of the Uefa European Championship will increase to more than 60,000, it has been announced.
Bids invited for video game licensing rights to Euro 2024, Euro 2028
Uefa, football’s European governing body, is inviting bids from video games developers for a range of licensing rights to Uefa men’s national team competitions during the 2022 to 2028 period.
ORF nets 1.84m peak audience for Austria’s historic Euro 2020 progress
ORF, the Austrian public broadcaster, attracted a peak audience of 1
Euro 2020 weekend action nets bumper audiences in ‘big five’ European markets
Matches from the Uefa European Championship attracted bumper audiences across Europe’s major broadcast markets over the weekend with the ‘big five’ countries all in action.
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