The final of the Asean Football Championships, which culminated in
victory for Singapore over Thailand last Sunday, was watched by a
quarter of Singapore's population, according to figures from MediaCorp. More than one million
Singaporeans tuned in to see the Lions beat the Thais on Channel 5 for
the final's second leg, following a controversial first-leg encounter -
a four-fold increase on the last tournament in 2005. The total TV audience is expected to be much higher,
as the
tournament was also aired on ESPN/Star Sports. The global cumulative
audience will have reached around 80 million, estimated event
organiser, World Sport Group.
"Viewers across Asia had the
choice of watching the matches on a variety of channels and we expect
to see record cumulative audiences across Southeast Asia,” said Seamus
O’Brien, president of World Sport Group.
The final of the Asean Football Championships, which culminated in
victory for Singapore over Thailand last Sunday, was watched by a
quarter of Singapore's population, according to figures from MediaCorp. More than one million
Singaporeans tuned in to see the Lions beat the Thais on Channel 5 for
the final's second leg, following a controversial first-leg encounter -
a four-fold increase on the last tournament in 2005. The total TV audience is expected to be much higher,
