Record breaking 2006 FIFA World Cup coverage.

Univision Communications Inc. announced that an estimated 50 million viewers tuned in to the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament on its three television networks – Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision – including 29 million Hispanics and 21 million non-Hispanics.

With an average audience in excess of 5 million Persons 2 plus according to Nielsen’s Television Index fast national ratings, the tension-filled double overtime final match between Italy and France on Univision far out-delivered the final games in 2002 and 1998 by plus 75% and plus 16% respectively.

Additionally, through the Semi-Finals, Univision’s average audience for the ’06 World Cup was higher than the ABC networks’
English-language telecasts across key demos including Adults 18-49, Adults 25-49 and Adults 25-54.

The TeleFutura Television Network also enjoyed impressive ratings increases over the previous 2002 World Cup telecast according to Nielsen’s Television Index. Through Wednesday, July 5th (excluding the re-broadcast of the 3rd place match and final games).

On the Internet, Univision.com and Univision Movil generated record-breaking traffic and fan participation. The 2006 FIFA World Cup propelled Univision.com’s website traffic to nearly one million daily visits and over 12 million unique browsers in June, its largest audience ever. The website delivered nearly 400 million pages of content in June, up more than 300% from page views delivered during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.