Record crowd watching the match between England and France on British TV
The record audience was the largest in the tournament and had the highest peak of any channel eclipsing last year’s European Championship final between England and Italy.
This was also ITV’s best Saturday night in record audiences since the introduction of a new rating system in 2002.
Figures later showed that there were 30 million streams on ITV, which was again the best ever for the Hub of ITVX.
An average audience of 20.4 million watched the encounter with an average of 15.8 million viewers watching the live and exclusive coverage. More than 23 million people watched England’s heartbreaking moment when Harry Kane missed his penalty kick to tie the game.
Streaming service comes through challenge
The meeting with France was also a huge test for ITVX, ITV’s new streaming replacement for ITV Hub which had infuriated fans with technical glitches and failures earlier in the tournament.
ITV had previously announced that they would promise a new service that would prevent screens from freezing while watching live matches.
Earlier there were also complaints on social media that viewers could not access matches via ITVX because their TV sets had not been updated with the new app.
However, the new streaming services had a successful day with 15.3 million streams of England against France, while Morocco’s stunning 1-0 against Portugal was streamed over 8.2 million times.
France went through Aurelien Tchouameni’s lightning bolt in the 17th minute before Harry Kane restored parity with his penalty kick in the 54th minute.
Olivier Giroud’s header 12 minutes from time was the winner when Kane skied his penalty six minutes from time.
British broadcaster ITV has revealed that a record 23 million spectators watched England’s 2-1 defeat to France in the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Saturday night. This was the most watched television moment of the year with viewers tuning in to ITV and ITVX to watch the Three Lions take on the reigning champions.
Record audience
The record audience was the largest in the tournament and had the highest peak of any channel eclipsing last year’s European Championship final between England and Italy. This was also ITV’s best Saturday night in record audiences since the introduction of a new rating system in 2002.
Figures later showed that there were 30 million streams on ITV, which was again the best ever for the Hub of ITVX.
An average audience of 20.4 million watched the encounter with an average of 15.8 million viewers watching the live and exclusive coverage. More than 23 million people watched England’s heartbreaking moment when Harry Kane missed his penalty kick to tie the game.
The meeting with France was also a huge test for ITVX, ITV’s new streaming replacement for ITV Hub which had infuriated fans with technical glitches and failures earlier in the tournament.
ITV had previously announced that they would promise a new service that would prevent screens from freezing while watching live matches.
Earlier there were also complaints on social media that viewers could not access matches via ITVX because their TV sets had not been updated with the new app.
However, the new streaming services had a successful day with 15.3 million streams of England against France, while Morocco’s stunning 1-0 against Portugal was streamed over 8.2 million times.
France went through Aurelien Tchouameni’s lightning bolt in the 17th minute before Harry Kane restored parity with his penalty kick in the 54th minute. Olivier Giroud’s header 12 minutes from time was the winner when Kane skied his penalty six minutes from time.
Photo credit: IMAGO/Xinhua
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