‘Tottenham Champions League – Son Heung-min’s top scorer’ national interest ‘6% viewership’: Sports Donga

Son Heung-min. Photo = Getty Images Korea

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-Heung-Min Son, who is active in the Premier League every day, expects the top scorer and the national interest peaks with the competition for the Champions League ticket

– Nielsen Korea, an audience rating research agency, counted the nationwide viewership rating of 6.0% for the Tottenham VS Burnley match on the 15th, ‘highest in history’

The popularity of Son Heung-min, who continues his ‘Career High’ while competing for the top scorer, smiled broadly at SPOTV, the broadcaster in charge of the Premier League. The match between Tottenham and Burnley in the 37th round of the 2021-22 Premier League broadcast on the 15th recorded a household rating of over 6% nationwide (SPOTV, SPOTV ON combined).

Also, according to Nielsen Korea, an audience rating research institute, the average number of viewers for this game was 1.46 million, and the total cumulative number of viewers approached 2.9 million.

This record is the highest viewership rating ever for a SPOTV channel. Heung-min Son, who is aiming for the golden boots by scoring 21 goals in the league this season, broke the previous record for the first time in regarding three years. It was also an increase of more than 50% from the previous record, proving once once more the national interest in Son Heung-min.

It is unusual for overseas soccer viewership ratings to reach 6%, and this is the second time in history. The first was in 2019, when Tottenham played Liverpool in the Champions League final. At that time, it was regarding 6.3%.

The organizer of SPOTV said, “Thank you for the national interest, and we hope you will watch the live-streaming competition for the championship until the final round, the fight for the 4th place with a Champions League ticket, and Son Heung-min’s challenge for the top scorer.” .

Meanwhile, the final match of the season between Son Heung-min’s top scorer and Tottenham’s Champions League ticket, Norwich, will be broadcast live on SPOTV at 11:50 pm on Sunday, the 22nd.

Arsenal’s defeat at Newcastle early in the morning and Tottenham’s draw with Norwich effectively confirms their progress to the Champions League.
Correspondent Jo Seong-woon of Donga.com [e-mail] More articles by the reporter