ESPN Radio to Present UEFA EURO 2012 Final

June 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

ESPN Radio will present exclusive, live national coverage of the UEFA EURO 2012 Final on Sunday, July 1, at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Sunday’s final will match the winners of this week’s semifinals: Portugal-Spain on Wednesday and Italy-Germany on Thursday.

Veteran FIFA World Cup soccer commentators JP Dellacamera (play-by-play) and analyst Tommy Smyth will describe the action. Dellacamera and Smyth worked together as the lead team for ESPN Radio’s critically acclaimed broadcast of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Dellacamera was ESPN’s lead radio play-by-play commentator for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where he called the quarterfinals, semifinals and final live from South Africa for ESPN Radio. A veteran soccer commentator, Dellacamera has called the last seven FIFA World Cups for a variety of networks (five on television and two on radio), and before 2011, he called four straight FIFA Women’s World Cups including the most-watched soccer broadcast on U.S. television – the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup final on ABC. He is currently the voice of the MLS Philadelphia Union.

Smyth, who has called thousands of international matches from leagues all over the world including the UEFA Champions League for ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN International, served as a game and studio analyst during ESPN’s UEFA European Football Championship 2008 (Euro 08) coverage. He has worked four FIFA World Cups (1998, 2002, ’06 and ’10). Smyth has earned international acclaim in his role as a pundit on the popular ESPN Press Pass – the hard-hitting soccer discussion and analysis program televised in more than 100 countries around the world including the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Africa, Israel and the Middle East. He also served as a studio analyst for ESPN’s presentation of the UEFA EURO 2012, appearing primarily on studio programming around matches involving the Republic of Ireland.

Kevin Winter will anchor pre-game, halftime and post-game shows.

Previously, ESPN Radio broadcast all 64 games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, marking its first soccer play-by-play programming. Last July’s USA-Japan final was the network’s first FIFA Women’s World Cup Final broadcast.

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UEFA EURO 2012 Delivers Double-Digit Audience Increases on ESPN

June 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
UEFA EURO 2012 Delivers Double-Digit Audience Increases on ESPN
Triple-Digit Viewership Increases vs. 2008 on ESPN Deportes; Audience for ESPN Digital Platforms Grows
 
Through the 24 matches in the group stage of the UEFA European Football Championship 2012, ESPN’s live English-language presentation is averaging 784,000 households and 1,002,000 viewers — up 79 percent and 82 percent, respectively, versus the group stage matches in 2008 (439,000 households and 552,000 viewers).
 
The most-watched match in the group stage was a 1-1 tie in Group C between Spain and Italy on Sunday, June 10 – seen by an average audience of 2.113 million viewers.  This audience was larger than any of the 31 telecasts in 2008, except the final on ABC.  That game, Germany vs. Spain, was watched by an average of 3.760 million viewers.
 
The top 10 metered markets through the group stage include: New York (1.6), Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (1.6), Providence (1.3), Los Angeles (1.2), Washington, DC (1.2), Richmond, Va. (1.1), Atlanta (1.1), San Francisco (1.0), Jacksonville (1.0), and Austin, Texas (1.0).
 
UEFA EURO 2012 delivered eight of the top audiences in the group stage of the tournament in 2008 and 2012:
Date Network Match Households / Viewers (P2+)
Sun, June 10, 2012 ESPN Spain vs. Italy 1,570,000 / 2,113,000
Sat, June 9, 2012 ESPN Germany vs. Portugal 1,244,000 / 1,798,000
Sat, June 9, 2012 ESPN Netherlands vs. Denmark 1,077,000 / 1,367,000
Wed, June 13, 2012 ESPN Netherlands vs. Germany 1,066,000 / 1,383,000
Sun, June 10, 2012 ESPN Republic of Ireland vs. Croatia 1,018,000 / 1,387,000
Mon, June 11, 2012 ESPN France vs. England   968,000 / 1,151,000
Sun, June 17, 2012 ESPN Portugal vs. Netherlands   923,000 / 1,323,000
Wed, June 13, 2012 ESPN Denmark vs. Portugal   859,000 / 1,084,000
 
ESPN Deportes:
ESPN’s 24-hour Spanish-language sports network has also delivered strong audience for UEFA EURO 2012 group stage matches, averaging 161,000 Hispanic households and 228,000 Hispanic viewers  (P2+) – up 123 percent and 138 percent, respectively, compared to the group stage matches in 2008 (73,000 Hispanic households and 96,000 Hispanic viewers).
 
ESPN Digital Platforms:
From June 8-19, through the group stage of EURO 2012, ESPNFC.com and ESPNsoccernet Gamecast globally averaged one million daily visitors, 4.2 million page views per day and 16.1 million minutes per day (source: Adobe/Omniture).  Compared to ESPNsoccernet.com during the same time period for EURO 2008, the site is up 44 percent, 38 percent and 240 percent, respectively.  In total, ESPNFC.com, ESPNsoccernet.com and ESPNdeportes.com generated 52.8 million total page views during the group stage, up 38 percent compared to EURO 2008.
 
Mobile coverage of the EURO 2012 group stage across ESPNFC, ESPNsoccernet and ESPNdeportes mobile Web sites as well as the ESPNsoccernet app for iPhone and Android logged an average of 1.5 million page views per day, up 573 percent compared to the EURO 2008.
 
Through the end of group play across computers, smartphones, tablets and Xbox, ESPN3 and WatchESPN logged an average minute audience of 76,300 per game and a total of 262.5 million minutes across all twelve days to both English and Spanish language feeds.  On computers alone, there were a total of 1.7 million unique viewers.  Additionally, fans consumed 230 million minutes on computers, up 645 percent compared to EURO 2008.
 
Netherlands vs. Germany was the highest performing match during the group stage on ESPN3 and WatchESPN, logging 395,000 unique viewers, 17.3 million minutes and an average minute audience of 115,283.
UEFA EURO 2012 Continues on ESPN Networks with the Quarterfinal Matches
Beginning Thursday, June 21, through Sunday, June 24, ESPN networks will televise one quarterfinal match of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship each day at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.
Highlights:
  • Lead English-language commentators Ian Darke and Steve McManaman will be joined by the announce team of Adrian Healey and Robbie Mustoe in Poland and Ukraine to call all elimination round matches live from site;
  • Spanish commentator teams – Jorge Ramos and Hernan Pereyra, and Fernando Palomo and Rafa Puente – will call all elimination round matches on ESPN Deportes from site, as well;
  • The top two quarterfinal matchups: World No. 6 England vs. No. 12 Italy (Sunday, June 24) from Olympic Stadium in Kiev, and No.1 Spain vs. No. 14 France (Saturday, June 23) from Donbass Arena in Donetsk;
  • Host Bob Ley with analysts Michael Ballack, Alexi Lalas and Taylor Twellman will provide English-language studio analysis;
  • ESPN Deportes’ Jose Ramon Fernandez (primary host) with analysts Mario Kempes, Tato Noriega and Andres Agulla will provide Spanish-language studio commentary.
 
Match schedule (Subject to change):
Date Time (ET) Match Networks
Thu, June 21 2 p.m. UEFA EURO Report ESPN
    Fuera de Juego: EURO Previa ESPN Deportes
  2:30 p.m. Czech Republic vs. Portugal

Adrian Healey and Robbie Mustoe
Jorge Ramos and Hernan Pereyra
 ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
  5 p.m. Fuera de Juego: EURO 2012 ESPN Deportes
  8:30 p.m. EURO 2012 Tonight ESPN2
Fri, June 22 2 p.m. UEFA EURO Report ESPN
    Fuera de Juego: EURO Previa ESPN Deportes
  2:30 p.m. Germany vs. Greece

Ian Darke and Steve McManaman
Fernando Palomo and Rafa Puente
 ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
  5 p.m. Fuera de Juego: EURO 2012 ESPN Deportes
  8:30 p.m. EURO 2012 Tonight ESPN2
Sat, June 23 2 p.m. UEFA EURO Report ESPN2
    Fuera de Juego: EURO Previa ESPN Deportes
  2:30 p.m. Spain vs. France

Healey and Mustoe
Ramos and Pereyra
 ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
  5 p.m. Fuera de Juego: EURO 2012 ESPN Deportes
  5:30 p.m. EURO 2012 Tonight ESPN2
Sun, June 24 2 p.m. UEFA EURO Report ESPN
    Fuera de Juego: EURO Previa ESPN Deportes
  2:30 p.m. England vs. Italy

Darke and McManaman
Palomo and Puente
 ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
  5 p.m. Fuera de Juego: EURO 2012 ESPN Deportes
  11 p.m. EURO 2012 Tonight ESPN2
 
UEFA EURO 2012 and Major League Soccer Doubleheader Sunday on ESPN:
ESPN and ESPN3 will combine to present back-to-back soccer matches on Sunday, June 24, beginning with the UEFA EURO 2012 quarterfinal – England vs. Italy – match from Kiev, Ukraine, at 2:30 p.m., followed immediately by   Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders in a Cascadia Cup (awarded to the Pacific Northwest’s best soccer team each season) match.  Play-by-play commentator Glenn Davis and analyst Kasey Keller will call the match.
 
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Filed Under: ESPN, Ratings, UEFA

UEFA EURO 2012 Programming and Ratings Update

June 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
UEFA EURO 2012 Programming and Ratings Update
 
Schedule Change – Matches Switch Networks:
ESPN programing today announced a switch of networks for the two simultaneous UEFA EURO 2012 matches on Saturday, June 16, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET.  The matches – Czech Republic vs. Poland and Greece vs. Russia, the last of three Group A matchups – will flip networks.  Czech Republic vs. Poland, originally scheduled for ESPN2, will now air on ESPN, while Greece vs. Russia, previously scheduled for ESPN, now moves to ESPN2.  See updated schedule below.
Ian Darke and Steve McManaman to Call Portugal vs. Netherlands:
ESPN’s lead English-language commentator team of Ian Darke and Steve McManaman will provide match commentary for Portugal vs. Netherlands, a key final match in the tournament’s Group of Death (Group B) on Sunday, June 17, at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN.  Also, the team of Adrian Healey and Robbie Mustoe will call Denmark vs. Germany at the same time on ESPN2. All four teams in the group remain in contention to advance.
Continued Strong Ratings for UEFA EURO
Through eight matches, ESPN’s English-language presentation of the event is averaging 978,000 households and 1.260,000 viewers — up 172 percent and 183 percent, respectively, versus the first eight games of the UEFA EURO 2008 (360,000 households and 446,000 viewers in ’08).  Wednesday’s Group B games also produced strong overnight ratings, according to Nielsen. The Netherlands-Germany afternoon matchup posted a 1.2 overnight rating, while the earlier Denmark-Portugal game posted a 0.9 overnight.
The top 10 metered markets through the first 10 matches include: New York (1.9), Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (1.8), Los Angeles (1.3), Providence (1.3), Jacksonville (1.3), Washington, DC (1.2), Richmond, VA (1.2), Atlanta (1.2), Greensboro-High Point, NC (1.2) and Austin, TX (1.1).
 
ESPN Deportes has also delivered strong ratings for UEFA EURO 2012, averaging a 3.0 Hispanic household coverage rating (+58 percent from 2008) with 157,000 Hispanic households (+131 percent from 2008) through the first eight matches.
 
ESPN Digital Platforms
Through the first six days of EURO 2012, ESPNFC.com globally logged over 970,000 average daily visitors, 24.2 million total page views and more than 93.6 million total minutes (source: Adobe/Omniture).  Compared to ESPNsoccernet.com during the same time period for EURO 2008, the site is up 38 percent, 43 percent and 244 percent, respectively.  The site also reached as high as 1.1 million unique visitors on Wednesday, June 13.
Wednesday’s Netherlands vs. Germany match on ESPN3 and WatchESPN across computers, smartphones, tablets and Xbox was the highest performing match so far in the tournament, logging 395,000 unique viewers, 17.3 million minutes and an average minute audience of 115,283 to both English and Spanish language feeds.  Additionally, Denmark vs. Portugal pulled in a strong audience with 318,000 unique viewers, 13.8 million minutes and an average minute audience of 101,654.  Through twelve matches in the tournament, EURO 2012 on ESPN3 and WatchESPN on computers alone have logged 1 million unique viewers that generated 116.4 million minutes.
Upcoming Euro 2012 Coverage Schedule (subject to change):
Sat, June 16 2-2:30 p.m. UEFA EURO Report ESPN2
    Fuera de Juego: EURO Previa ESPN Deportes
  2:45 p.m. *Czech Republic vs. Poland

Derek Rae and Taylor Twellman
Richard Mendez and Rafa Puente
 ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
    *Greece vs. Russia

Adrian Healey and Robbie Mustoe
Ricardo Ortiz and Barak Fever
 ESPN2 / ESPN3 /

ESPN Deportes at 5 p.m.
  5-5:30 p.m. EURO 2012 Tonight ESPN2
  7-8 p.m. Fuera de Juego: EURO Post-Game ESPN Deportes
Sun, June 17 2-2:30 p.m. UEFA EURO Report ESPN2
    Fuera de Juego: EURO Previa ESPN Deportes
  2:45 p.m. Portugal vs. Netherlands

*Ian Darke and Steve McManaman
Jorge Ramos and Hernan Pereyra
 ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
    Denmark vs. Germany

*Healey and Mustoe
Jose Hernandez and Puente
 ESPN2 / ESPN3 /

ESPN Deportes at 5 p.m.
  7-8 p.m. Fuera de Juego: EURO Post-Game ESPN Deportes
  12-12:30 a.m. EURO 2012 Tonight ESPNEWS
Mon, June 18 2-2:30 p.m. UEFA EURO Report ESPN2
    Fuera de Juego: EURO Previa ESPN Deportes
  2:45 p.m. Croatia vs. Spain

Rae and Twellman
Palomo and Puente
 ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
    Italy vs. Republic of Ireland

Healey and Mustoe
Ramos and Pereyra
 ESPN2 / ESPN3 /

ESPN Deportes at 5 p.m.
  7-8 p.m. Fuera de Juego: EURO Post-Game ESPN  Deportes
  12-12:30 a.m. EURO 2012 Tonight ESPNEWS
 
 
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Filed Under: ESPN, UEFA

UEFA EURO 2012 Off to a Great Start on ESPN

June 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Triple-Digit Viewership Increases vs. 2008 on Television; Surge on ESPN Digital Platforms
Last Sunday’s UEFA EURO 2012 match between Italy and Spain at on ESPN, a 1-1 tie and tournament opening match for both Group C teams, was seen by an average of 2.113 million viewers, bigger than any UEFA European Football Championship 2008 match except the final on ABC.  That game, Germany vs. Spain, was watched by an average of 3.760 million viewers.
Through six matches, ESPN’s English-language presentation of the event is averaging 1,007,000 households and 1.328,000 viewers — up 198 percent and 214 percent, respectively, versus the first six games of the UEFA EURO 2008 (338,000 households and 423,000 viewers in ’08).  The second most-watched game to-date in 2012 is Saturday’s Portugal-Germany matchup – a 1.1 household coverage rating, 1,244,000 households, and 1,798,000 viewers, second to only one ESPN game in all of 2008.
ESPN Deportes:
ESPN Deportes delivered strong ratings for the kickoff of UEFA EURO 2012. Through the first three days (six matches), the matches averaged a 3.2 Hispanic household coverage rating (+66 percent from 2008) with 166,000 Hispanic households (+147 percent from 2008). The Spain vs. Italy match on Sunday, June 10, was the highest-rated and most-watched match so far, delivering a 6.0 Hispanic household coverage rating with 313,600 household impressions.
ESPN Digital Platforms:
Since the start of EURO 2012 on June 8, ESPNFC.com globally logged 876,000 daily visitors, 8.5 million page views and 33 million minutes (source: Adobe/Omniture).  Compared to the first three days of EURO 2008, the site is up 45 percent, 11 percent and 191 percent, respectively.
Additionally, through the first three days of EURO 2012, ESPN3 and WatchESPN generated 65.8 million minutes to both the English and Spanish language feeds across computers, smartphones, tablets and Xbox.  On computers alone, it generated an average minute audience of 80,000 and an average of nearly 231,852 daily unique viewers that logged a total of 57.5 million minutes to all six EURO 2012 matches.
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Filed Under: ESPN, UEFA
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