The European Broadcasting Union is touting Olympics viewing figures for public service broadcasters in some of its major territories, saying the numbers outstrip those of any previous Games. While the UK was indeed big, there was more of a shrug across the rest of Europe. And now that all is said and done, standing…

Helped by its coverage of the Euro 2012 football festival, soccer service KickTV scored during the week that ended July 4 with more than 1M views (+908,518), leaping 41 slots to No. 18. But there was also a lot of shifting around among the top 10 channels, which accounted for 56% of the week’s 72.5M views in the YouTub…

Continuing an upward ratings trend, the Euro 2012 soccer final Sunday brought soccer fans to ESPN in record numbers. Spain’s 4-0 victory over Italy was the most-watched European football championship game in the US as seen by an average 4.068M viewers, 2.699M average households and based on a 2.4 rating. That’s an 8%…

Euro 2012 is now one for the history books. The entire soccer tournament roundly scored a TV ratings bonanza for broadcasters in Europe. In the U.S., ESPN has been doing increasingly hefty numbers and is expected to report a strong turnout for the final when those figures come in tomorrow. After netting 14.18M viewers…

A funny thing is happening in the U.S.: People are watching soccer. ESPN said today that Sunday’s Italy-England matchup in the quarterfinals of the European Cup soccer championships was seen by an average of 2.968 million viewers in the States, bigger than any Euro Cup match number this year or in 2008 — except for…

International soccer’s popularity among U.S. viewers continues to grow rapidly. Following record ratings for the Men's World Cup Finals in 2010, the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship is scoring major ratings increases too. Through the 24 matches in the group stage of the championship jointly hosted by Poland…