BrooklynRed
26-06-07, 09:18 PM
US-Mexico Gold Cup Final Dwarfs NHL Stanley Cup (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/soccer/06/26/bc.soc.goldcupratings.ap/index.html)
"Gold Cup TV ratings 41 percent higher than NHL final
NEW YORK (AP) -- The CONCACAF Gold Cup final attracted 41 percent more television households in the United States than the Stanley Cup finals clincher -- and that was just for the soccer game's Spanish-language telecast.
The United States' 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Mexico on Sunday received a 2.5 fast national rating on Univision, the network said Tuesday. That translates to 2.83 million households, nearly double the 1.48 million homes that watched the 2005 Gold Cup final between the United States and Panama.
This year's English-language telecast was on the Fox Soccer Channel, which is available in about 30 million homes and is not rated.
Anaheim's series-ending 6-2 victory over Ottawa in the Stanley Cup on June 6 received a 1.8 rating on NBC, which comes to 2,005,000 households.
The rating is the percentage watching a telecast among all homes with televisions, and a ratings point represents 1,114,000 households."
In other words, the owners must clearly see the decline of hockey as a business and must be aware of the tremendous growth potential for the game of football (soccer), and for a club like Liverpool FC, in the USA. And guess what? The face of that market is primarily Latino. This is big business and shows the change in the USA marketplace which I, for one, embrace. Anyway, it is nice to see a non-World Cup, non-qualifier match rate this high. (even if my mates and I watched it in English on FSC).
"Gold Cup TV ratings 41 percent higher than NHL final
NEW YORK (AP) -- The CONCACAF Gold Cup final attracted 41 percent more television households in the United States than the Stanley Cup finals clincher -- and that was just for the soccer game's Spanish-language telecast.
The United States' 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Mexico on Sunday received a 2.5 fast national rating on Univision, the network said Tuesday. That translates to 2.83 million households, nearly double the 1.48 million homes that watched the 2005 Gold Cup final between the United States and Panama.
This year's English-language telecast was on the Fox Soccer Channel, which is available in about 30 million homes and is not rated.
Anaheim's series-ending 6-2 victory over Ottawa in the Stanley Cup on June 6 received a 1.8 rating on NBC, which comes to 2,005,000 households.
The rating is the percentage watching a telecast among all homes with televisions, and a ratings point represents 1,114,000 households."
In other words, the owners must clearly see the decline of hockey as a business and must be aware of the tremendous growth potential for the game of football (soccer), and for a club like Liverpool FC, in the USA. And guess what? The face of that market is primarily Latino. This is big business and shows the change in the USA marketplace which I, for one, embrace. Anyway, it is nice to see a non-World Cup, non-qualifier match rate this high. (even if my mates and I watched it in English on FSC).