Daily Numbers Game: Start Of World Cup Analysis
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00:00 Sports press Rick Harra wins another 1.3 trillion dollar business of sports for your daily numbers game.
00:07 Women's World Cup off to a rousing start.
00:10 I was in Norway a while ago to talk about the northernmost soccer complex in the world.
00:15 Didn't help Norway in their 1-0 loss to New Zealand opening the World Cup,
00:20 but United States faring a little better, beating Vietnam 3-0.
00:24 Some say disappointing. Hey, it's a win.
00:26 And the bottom line is it's the highest watched group stage game, says Fox, in the last few years, 2015-2019.
00:36 Comparable, but nowhere near the 6.5 million peak and the 5.2 million average.
00:44 And, importantly, Telemundo in the Spanish language broadcast of about a million.
00:49 It's the highest since the '15 and '19 finals in the U.S. as well.
00:53 And we're only after the first game. More to come.
00:56 Sports press Rick Harro, daily numbers game.