1. Record Audience for ESPN2’s FIFA World Cup Draw: Nightly Soccer Report

    December 10, 2013 . ESPN, World Cup, World Cup 2014

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    Last Friday’s Final Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on ESPN2 averaged 489,000 viewers, based on a 0.3 U.S. household rating, making it the most-watched FIFA World Cup Draw on the ESPN networks, according to Nielsen Media.

    The audience grew by 34 percent in viewers and 14 percent in households over the previous high for a World Cup Draw on ESPN’s networks. The 1994 World Cup Draw held in Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 19, 1993 was seen by an average 364,000 viewers and 309,000 television households.

    The top five markets were: Las Vegas (1.2), Baltimore (0.8), Miami (0.8), Cincinnati…

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