Univision Digital takes mega traffic with hits 7.9M visits, 7.8M vid views during World Cup match

Univision Digital had its most trafficked day ever during the World Cup games on Friday, with 7.9 million site visits and 7.3 million video views including live streams. The day was a 35 percent lift from Thursday’s opening match between Brazil and Croatia, with 5.8 million site hits and 4.7 million video views. The Mexico vs. Cameroon game on June 13 was the most viewed live stream for the site, hitting 2.8 million views (the opening ceremony and the first match hit a combined 1.9 million views). The Univision Deportes app ranked among the top ten free sports apps on Google Play and the iTunes app store…

… If you want to know more about how digital has changed World Cup coverage, you want to hear Chris Wagner, EVP of NeuLion, explaination in “The World Cup Goes Digital,” this week in Cynsiders. And while you’re on the site, please take a few seconds to weigh in on the Cynopsis.com “Who will win the World Cup?” poll.

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