Wimbledon Coverage Breaks BBC Records – Global Bulletin
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Coverage of the iconic Wimbledon tennis tournament has led to record-breaking numbers for U.K.
broadcaster BBC. There were 54.3 million streams of the BBC’s coverage on streamer iPlayer and BBC Sport online during the two-week long competition – up from 53.8 million in 2022.
On BBC One, there was a peak audience of 11.3 million to watch Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz beat Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in five sets in the men’s singles finals, the highest since the U.K.’s Andy Murray won in 2016.
The match was also streamed live 4.1 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online, an increase of 58% from 2022. During the women’s singles final, where Czech player Markéta Vondroušová triumphed over Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, there was a peak audience of 4.5 million on BBC One – an increase from 2022’s 3.1 million.
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