Since its inception, television has represented the main means of audiovisual communication intended for mass use. It represented the direct evolution of the broadcasting connections introduced a few years earlier by the radio. The TV shortened the distance considerably, contributing very widely to the birth of the globalized world as we know it today.
Moreover, the content offer of the television medium presented different proposals according to the preferences of the users. Families were therefore able to find leisure and refreshment in front of the small screen, thanks to television series and films and cartoons intended for children, while adults also had the opportunity to inform themselves thanks to news broadcasts and to all educational programs designed to provide knowledge.
Television became so deeply rooted in the social fabric that it became the main source of international news on events that changed the assets of certain branches of culture During the years. Through the measurements of the audience ratings it was possible to propose programs increasingly tailored to the viewer, while some historical events, such as those proposed in the article by L'Insider, Betway's blog platform, betting site e online casino, reports. In the next few lines we will find out what they were the most viewed events on TV ever.
The Brawl in the Jungle
The 30 October of the 1974 and kept 1 billion people glued to their television screens. We are talking about the famous Brawl in the Jungle, that is the meeting between the two strongest boxers of the time: Mohammed Ali and George Foreman, until then undefeated. The two met in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Kinhasa. In no time at all, the Brawl in the Jungle was defined as the most exciting sporting event of the XNUMXth century. Its media impact, moreover, confirmed its caliber, having held in bated breath until the last action 25% of the world population weather.
FIFA 2018 World Cup
The World football tournament that took place in Russia in 2018 took place from the 14 June to the 15 July. Now in its twenty-first edition, the event involved about 3.6 billion spectators who followed it game after game from every corner of the world. That edition of the World Cup marked the second time the tournament was played in Eastern Europe, having already taken place 60 years earlier in Sweden. The cost for the whole operation was around 14 billion dollars. The winners of the World Cup that year were the French, who triumphed at the national teams for the second time, beating the Croatia in Moscow.
Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony
It is considered the most beautiful opening ceremony in the history of the Olympic Games. In Beijing, those present and viewers could not help but be amazed. The event began at 20.00 pm on August 8, 2008, in order to recall the lucky meaning of the number eight for Chinese culture. The organizers changed the weather by throwing a thousand of them into the sky hail rockets, in order to avoid any unforeseen events that could jeopardize the success of the event. The ceremony lasted more than four hours and involved 15.000 dancers. Its cost was, of course, not reduced. The organizers, in fact, spent 100 million dollars to amaze the audience. 1.4 billion viewers watched the ceremony from their home screen, equal to about 21% of the world population, while in Beijing, among the tens of thousands of people involved, there were well 105 heads of state. It was a record for the Olympics, which would only be broken two editions later, in London, in 2012.
