United Kingdom: the best audience in 2014 for ITV with England - Uruguay match (Brazil 2014)

The British private channel ITV achieved the best TV audience in 2014 in the UK, according to BARB data (Broadcasters Audience Research Board), the office that measures the audiences of broadcasters, published on 17/12/2014. The England - Uruguay fixture (1-2, on 19/06/2014), during the group stage of the 2014 World Cup (Brazil, from 12/06 to 13/07/2014), allowed ITV to attract 13.29 million viewers on average, for average audience share of 55.5%.

Besides the England - Uruguay match, only one other football game was in the top 10 best TV audiences of 2014 in the UK; in fifth place was the final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil between Germany - Argentina (1-0, a.e.t. on 13/07/2014), allowed the public channel BBC One to attract 12.2 million viewers on average, for an audience share of 50.3%. ITV and the BBC group shared the broadcasting rights, in the UK, of the 20^th World Cup.

• BBC One is first in the British broadcasting rankings, with an average audience share of 21.7%, up 0.8 points compared to 2013 (20.9%).
• ITV was at (15.6%) in 2014, which was down 0.6 points compared to 2013…