PMLF Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 The 2018 World Cup final for instance was watched by 1.12 billion people, according to FIFA: https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/media-releases/more-than-half-the-world-watched-record-breaking-2018-world-cup Quote The final between France and Croatia on 15 July attracted a combined global audience of 1.12 billion, comprising 884.37 million viewers tuning in to linear TV coverage and a further 231.82 million out-of-home and digital-only viewers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 15 minutes ago, JJ72 said: Those viewing figures are just nonsense. Most of the rest of the world were working or asleep or getting on with their lives. Many people in this country were working too. Just ludicrous to claim 5 billion. Be lucky to be 1 billion. Boris Johnson doing the statistics today? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_jagster Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 This article being a bit more restrained Quote But millions more people around the world saw the live broadcast, with the event likely to be one of the most-watched in history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastRed Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 I’ve got that funeral March seared in my brain now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordan Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Reggiana said: @PMLF already suggested they weren't that fussed in Brazil, can't see why that wouldn't hold for most of South America. Africa too I'd imagine, probably not top of their list today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Confused Clarity said: Ummmm. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Listen to it. At the start. Listen. I guess at least one person in ITV's live production team is looking for a new job tomorrow. Still, of the 5 millionbillionwillion watching it worldwide, probably only about 5 watched it on ITV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwig Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Watching World War Z on Film4 and they’re not showing commercials as a sign of respect. A film about the zombie apocalypse is fine but an advert about car insurance is just going too far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, Bigwig said: Watching World War Z on Film4 and they’re not showing commercials as a sign of respect. A film about the zombie apocalypse is fine but an advert about car insurance is just going too far. I wish ****ing YouTube would show the same level of respect. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw072 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 4 hours ago, JJ72 said: Those viewing figures are just nonsense. Most of the rest of the world were working or asleep or getting on with their lives. Many people in this country were working too. Just ludicrous to claim 5 billion. Be lucky to be 1 billion. I think it'll depend on how the figures are calculated. I reckon if it's people watching 15 to 20 mins of the service today, not necessarily live, it'll be much higher than 1 billion. But the number of people watching the full service will be a lot lower than that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 cannot tell if that account is a pisstake anymore. the world has devolved too much to be certain of anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 7 hours ago, JJ72 said: Those viewing figures are just nonsense. Most of the rest of the world were working or asleep or getting on with their lives. Many people in this country were working too. Just ludicrous to claim 5 billion. Be lucky to be 1 billion. Yup I didn't watch any of it, seen a few clips which appeared on my Twitter timeline and that's it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolsgold Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Now that's over, it's been kind of fascinating. Not in a callous way, but I remember over the years people joking semi-excitedly about the extra Bank Holiday that we will have when the Queen does go. But now it's happened, pretty much everything being shut, nearly every TV channel showing the funeral - for those not so interested in the royals I'm not sure it quite lived up to the 'hype'. I'm pretty intrigued to know what people thought of it, from all points of view re: the royals. Here in Victoria, they've made the public holiday on the Thursday rather than the Monday, the day before another public holiday we already have for the AFL Final. 4-day weekend - for those not so into the royals, it couldn't really have fallen any better . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anagain Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, foolsgold said: Now that's over, it's been kind of fascinating. Not in a callous way, but I remember over the years people joking semi-excitedly about the extra Bank Holiday that we will have when the Queen does go. But now it's happened, pretty much everything being shut, nearly every TV channel showing the funeral - for those not so interested in the royals I'm not sure it quite lived up to the 'hype'. I'm pretty intrigued to know what people thought of it, from all points of view re: the royals. Here in Victoria, they've made the public holiday on the Thursday rather than the Monday, the day before another public holiday we already have for the AFL Final. 4-day weekend - for those not so into the royals, it couldn't really have fallen any better . You get a holiday for the footy? Doubt we'd even get one if England win the World Cup. They'd say 'you already have Christmas day of, what more do you want?' Give Truss a few weeks and we'll probably have less public holidays still. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 11 hours ago, Weezer said: https://www.statista.com/statistics/268695/number-of-tv-households-worldwide/ Either way, those BBC numbers don't add up https://www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/04/26/sincere-good-wishes-to-wills-and-kate-but-a-2bn-tv-audience-garbage-only-the-olympic-games-and-the-world-cup-are-truly-global-events-and-only-half-as-big-as-that-at-best-260406/ Good read about why all these TV figures are rubbish 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwig Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 30 minutes ago, foolsgold said: I'm pretty intrigued to know what people thought of it, from all points of view re: the royals. For someone who did it have any interest I had a great day. Went out for a drive (roads were empty) then for a long walk along the beach. It was quieter than normal as expected but there were still plenty of people out who had decided to make the most of the day (the nice weather helped). One cafe was open on the seafront and the owner had posted online apologising if anyone was offended that they were open, but said she couldn’t afford to lose a day’s trade. Seemed to be a good plan as people were queuing out the door due to everywhere else being shut. Picked up some pizzas on the way home, although had to wait a while as they were really busy due to being the only place open. Cut the grass on the afternoon. Tried to see if we could get some petrol but even the self-serve pumps were closed. My wife went to Asda later on for petrol and some bread and milk and said it was bedlam, as if it had been closed for weeks. Watched a movie in the evening and finally turned on the TV for the first time after 9pm. The only reference to their funeral was both Film4 and the Horror Channel having a tribute page instead of adverts. I know loads of people online were moaning about it being shoved down your throat but it was easily avoidable if you didn’t want to watch anything. I certainly appreciated the day off. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolsgold Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Bigwig said: For someone who did it have any interest I had a great day. Went out for a drive (roads were empty) then for a long walk along the beach. It was quieter than normal as expected but there were still plenty of people out who had decided to make the most of the day (the nice weather helped). One cafe was open on the seafront and the owner had posted online apologising if anyone was offended that they were open, but said she couldn’t afford to lose a day’s trade. Seemed to be a good plan as people were queuing out the door due to everywhere else being shut. Picked up some pizzas on the way home, although had to wait a while as they were really busy due to being the only place open. Cut the grass on the afternoon. Tried to see if we could get some petrol but even the self-serve pumps were closed. My wife went to Asda later on for petrol and some bread and milk and said it was bedlam, as if it had been closed for weeks. Watched a movie in the evening and finally turned on the TV for the first time after 9pm. The only reference to their funeral was both Film4 and the Horror Channel having a tribute page instead of adverts. I know loads of people online were moaning about it being shoved down your throat but it was easily avoidable if you didn’t want to watch anything. I certainly appreciated the day off. That actually sounds pretty great. Glad you had a good time, there will have been things about if you’re not after just a pub. Obviously doesn’t really apply to those who wanted to watch the funeral ofc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 41 minutes ago, Coulthard's Jaw said: https://www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/04/26/sincere-good-wishes-to-wills-and-kate-but-a-2bn-tv-audience-garbage-only-the-olympic-games-and-the-world-cup-are-truly-global-events-and-only-half-as-big-as-that-at-best-260406/ Good read about why all these TV figures are rubbish Pretty much what I have been thinking/saying. Those figures they come out with aren’t even just extremely optimistic estimates, they are literally flat out lies. It’s weird how those figures just seem to stick and keep getting attached to the event though. Anybody with any common sense whatsoever would know the 2 billion that gets reported with Diana’s funeral is absolute bollocks but it’s still there, mentioned alongside it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons FC Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 15 hours ago, Wolf_pd said: Carolingian means sons of Charles so doesn't work. I would have thought the "ian" suffix is more closely defined as "like", or "related to", in a general associative sense, rather than family relations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluedave Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 49 minutes ago, Weezer said: Pretty much what I have been thinking/saying. Those figures they come out with aren’t even just extremely optimistic estimates, they are literally flat out lies. It’s weird how those figures just seem to stick and keep getting attached to the event though. Anybody with any common sense whatsoever would know the 2 billion that gets reported with Diana’s funeral is absolute bollocks but it’s still there, mentioned alongside it. It's all a bit North Korea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused Clarity Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 Being in work this morning has kind of crystallised the main reason behind why I watched the whole thing yesterday. It wasn't really the thing that came foremost to my mind when discussing it here. Sure, there was the pomp & circumstances, there was the spectacle, the historical context and pure baffling fascination that often comes with these things. But usually with this stuff, I watch for a bit and then I kind of tune out and get on with other stuff. Yesterday I watched it all. It was because, watching it yesterday, allowed me to completely disengage my brain. I didn't think about anything, particularly, I didnt think about work. Work has been tough lately and it's been hard to completely shut off. Yesterday actually really did allow me to do that. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalution Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 2 hours ago, foolsgold said: Now that's over, it's been kind of fascinating. Not in a callous way, but I remember over the years people joking semi-excitedly about the extra Bank Holiday that we will have when the Queen does go. But now it's happened, pretty much everything being shut, nearly every TV channel showing the funeral - for those not so interested in the royals I'm not sure it quite lived up to the 'hype'. I'm pretty intrigued to know what people thought of it, from all points of view re: the royals. I don't think there is any actual 'hype' - its just an 'oh well at least we'll get a day off for this nonsense' response. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnzy Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, Confused Clarity said: Being in work this morning has kind of crystallised the main reason behind why I watched the whole thing yesterday. It wasn't really the thing that came foremost to my mind when discussing it here. Sure, there was the pomp & circumstances, there was the spectacle, the historical context and pure baffling fascination that often comes with these things. But usually with this stuff, I watch for a bit and then I kind of tune out and get on with other stuff. Yesterday I watched it all. It was because, watching it yesterday, allowed me to completely disengage my brain. I didn't think about anything, particularly, I didnt think about work. Work has been tough lately and it's been hard to completely shut off. Yesterday actually really did allow me to do that. Glad you found a positive out of it, I’m the same find it really difficult to switch off and live in the moment - and same for me, I managed to switch off from the worries of day to day life and relax 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 47 minutes ago, skybluedave said: It's all a bit North Korea Look how great we are! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Moores Mum Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 45 minutes ago, Coulthard's Jaw said: Blimey...weren't they estimating about a million? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermybhoy Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 9 hours ago, mrw072 said: I think it'll depend on how the figures are calculated. I reckon if it's people watching 15 to 20 mins of the service today, not necessarily live, it'll be much higher than 1 billion. But the number of people watching the full service will be a lot lower than that. I read on twitter this morning that the 5b figure was literally just made up by some spoof account, and has then been seized on without any sort of fact checking / application of common sense by various outlets who just repeated it. Although Lindsay Hoyle probably thinks it should have been higher than merely 5b given the earth shattering importance. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordan Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 3 people in every single household in the world with a TV watching, that's a tough sell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_jagster Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 12 minutes ago, Nordan said: 3 people in every single household in the world with a TV watching, that's a tough sell. It's because they invited everyone round who didn't have a TV for this special occasion 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ72 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Coulthard's Jaw said: Less than the number of people with long covid in this country and they claim we're not ruled by an elite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arenaross Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 3 hours ago, ginnybob said: Blimey...weren't they estimating about a million? Feels like the interest in this hasn't matched the wall to wall coverage across the media. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Villa Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Are they including the people who went round 3,4,5,6,7 times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Lucas Posted September 20, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 20, 2022 So what we're saying is. the establishment are worse with viewership / attendance figures than Vincent Kennedy McMahon? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cartman Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 I just want to know what the ratings were for The Emoji Movie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwig Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 20 minutes ago, Lucas said: So what we're saying is. the establishment are worse with viewership / attendance figures than Vincent Kennedy McMahon? At least they weren’t pumping in sounds of mourners mourning. Or were they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 1.4 million viewers in the Netherlands, on 18M total. Makes sense as it was a normal working day here of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oche balboa Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 8 minutes ago, Wolf_pd said: 1.4 million viewers in the Netherlands, on 18M total. Makes sense as it was a normal working day here of course. That is an impressive number Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oche balboa Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 6 hours ago, Coulthard's Jaw said: Makes sense its around that number if you do the maths.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Whippy Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 42 minutes ago, Barry Cartman said: I just want to know what the ratings were for The Emoji Movie They've not even released the figures for yesterday yet. Apparently due to 'abnormally large number of viewers'. So I'm afraid you'll have to wait to find out how many people watched the Emoji Movie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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leftback in the changing room Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 6 hours ago, ginnybob said: Blimey...weren't they estimating about a million? 250,000 shuffling past in 100 hours of opening. That's around 3 Wembleys. I'll be honest, it doesn't sound like many. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ72 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, leftback in the changing room said: Not 5 billion then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftback in the changing room Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Just now, JJ72 said: Not 5 billion then? It was a ridiculous estimate - that's a fair proportion of all the people who have access to a TV, and even if you use the most generous assessment of 'people will watch some footage on a news program' it was unlikely. Typical hyperbole, possibly mixed with someone put on the spot and pulling a number out of thin air. I'm guessing a lot of people were having respectful early pints for the TV coverage. BBC2 had a couple of million for the sign language translation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, leftback in the changing room said: 250,000 shuffling past in 100 hours of opening. That's around 3 Wembleys. I'll be honest, it doesn't sound like many. That's 2500 people a hour on average and as there were 2 sides 1250 each. Thats roughly 20 people per minute on each side shuffling past. If you allow for the 20 min guard changes which is around 1/4 the total time and a bit more for the 4am cleaning session you are around 30 people per minute per side which seems faster than what i saw. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Looks quite possible that Diana's funeral did bigger numbers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 9 minutes ago, leftback in the changing room said: It was a ridiculous estimate - that's a fair proportion of all the people who have access to a TV, and even if you use the most generous assessment of 'people will watch some footage on a news program' it was unlikely. Typical hyperbole, possibly mixed with someone put on the spot and pulling a number out of thin air. I'm guessing a lot of people were having respectful early pints for the TV coverage. BBC2 had a couple of million for the sign language translation. If the next time we do this is within the next 10-15 years, I suspect the numbers will be even more middling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Lucas Posted September 20, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 20, 2022 Liz will be spinning in her grave. But I would expect the week long depressing coverage and unwavering adulation of the Queen would have led to burn out with some people who chose not to watch. At least with Diana there was a lot of mystery and drama to go with the coverage in the lead up to her funeral. Far more interesting than a biopic and endless replays of the Queen with Paddington Bear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftback in the changing room Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Coulthard's Jaw said: If the next time we do this is within the next 10-15 years, I suspect the numbers will be even more middling. As you said on the other place, those are good numbers, but not great numbers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_jagster Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 It's because BARB isn't fit for purpose Still a bit weak considering how much was shut (although it looked a nice day elsewhere) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Lucas Posted September 20, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Coulthard's Jaw said: If the next time we do this is within the next 10-15 years, I suspect the numbers will be even more middling. Already talk that the coronation will be downscaled a lot, and I just can't see the same level of interest anywhere for either Charles or William when the time comes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 I would assume there may have been some get togeathers to watch it at one house out of a few house family plus there would be the question of how to factor in the pub watches and the official big screen tv and cinema people too albeit the later should really have a known number surely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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