TF1, owned by family-controlled conglomerate Bouygues, described the numbers as a French record for a women’s football match. But the records did not stop there – in France’s second group game against Norway, domestic viewer numbers spiked to 11 million on TF1 – on par with the number of people who watched the men’s opening matches in 2018. The French women play Nigeria on Monday in their last group game before the knock-out stages.
The surprising level of interest prompted TF1 to drive up the cost of advertising slots by 50-60 percent the day after France’s first match, Le Parisien newspaper reported. Thirty-second slots during the half-time break of France’s group stage matches, initially slated at 73,000 euros, now cost 116,000 euros, it said. The surge in viewer numbers extends beyond the French games. England’s match against arch rival Argentina drew nearly 1.5 million viewers on TF1, while up to 1.1 million people have tuned in to watch the United States. Women’s football is steadily growing in popularity in many parts of the world. Football’s governing body FIFA has said it has received a record number of expressions of interest for hosting the next women’s tournament, in 2023, including a joint bid by South Korea and North Korea football associations.
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