Soccer scores big for Univision and TeleFutura

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Univision says the live telecast of the 2007 Copa América soccer tournament on its two broadcast networks, Univision and TeleFutura, reached an audience of nearly 35 million viewers. That was double and triple digit growth over the 2004 tournament in key demos.


Airing on Univision, the July 11th semi-final match between Mexico and Argentina made TV history: It was the #1 soccer telecast of all time on Spanish-language television among Persons 2+ (6,911,000), Adults 18-34 (2,651,000), Adults 18-49 (4,381,000), Men 18-49 (2,647,000) and Households (3,518,000)

2007 Copa America viewership

Demo

Avg. Audience

Change from 2004

Adults 18-34

935,000

13%

Men 18-34

608,000

11%

Women 18-34

327,000

19%

Adults 18-49

1,667,000

29%

Men 18-49

1,116,000

32%

Women 18-49

550,000

23%

Teens 12-17

206,000

126%

Household

1,494,000

41%

Persons 2+

2,582,000

29%

Source: Nielsen NTI 6/26/07-7/15/07 and NHTI 7/6/04-7/25/04