beIN SPORT Tops SocialGuide Charts With 'El Clasico'

beIN SPORT Tops SocialGuide Charts With 'El Clasico'

Soccer Match Between Barcelona and Real Madrid Tops Social Media Activity Charts

MIAMI, Oct. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --beIN SPORT, the international sports network, posted the No. 1 program in Nielsen SocialGuide's Twitter TV Rankings based on Total Tweets for Oct. 26, 2013.

beIN SPORT captured the top spot with El Clasico, the match pitting bitter rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid. The rivalry pairs two of the most successful and popular soccer teams in the world.

In a weekend filled with top sports events, it was the game on beIN SPORT from Camp Nou in Barcelona that received the most social buzz. El Clasico beat out Game 3 of the World Series, which was broadcasted nationally, and multiple College Football games broadcasted across ESPN, ABC and other networks.

Nielsen SocialGuide, the leading Twitter TV measurement platform, captures and analyzes conversations for all U.S. TV programs across 247 channels. Among other networks in the top 10 programs list for Oct. 26, 2013 were FOX, ABC, ESPN, CBS and NBC Sports Network.

Below is a table highlighting Nielsen SocialGuide's measurement of El Clasico on beIN SPORT, with the episode's ranking based on Total Tweets:


Rank Networks Program Unique Authors Tweets
(share)
(share)
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1 beIN SPORT Spanish Primera Division
Soccer 229,050 816,810
FC Barcelona vs. Real
Madrid CF (21%) (29%)
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2 FOX 2013 World Series 211,100 482,230

Boston Red Sox at St.
Louis Cardinals (20%) (17%)
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3 ABC College Football 52,190 98,180

North Carolina State at
Florida State (6%) (4%)
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4 ESPN College Football 48,370 84,180

UCLA at Oregon (4%) (3%)
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5 ABC Futbol Ingles 35,070 80,440

Manchester United vs.
Stoke City (3%) (3%)
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The El Clasico match this past Saturday was the second most-tweeted soccer game in the U.S. in the past two years. Only the El Clasico in the second leg of the 2012-13 Copa del Rey semi-final, which aired on Feb. 26, 2013, generated more tweets, according to Nielsen SocialGuide.

About beIN SPORT
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