World Cup 'Nets Traffic Record

By Glen Dickson -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/22/2006 11:03:00 AM

Online coverage of the U.S. vs. Ghana World Cup match led to a record spike in Internet traffic Thursday morning, according to streaming provider Akamai, which is working with ESPN to help facilitate its live streaming coverage of the soccer tournament.

Akamai's Net Usage Index, which reads traffic from 100 global-news portals, found that traffic reached over 7.2 million visitors per minute at 12 noon today, Akamai's highest peak ever for the index, with the most traffic from the U.S. and Europe.

The previous high tally for the Akamai index had been the first day of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament March 16, which drew over 5.4 million viewers per minute.

Talkback

We would love your feedback!

Featured Company

Grab Networks

Created from the merger between Anystream and Voxant Media, Grab Networks offers a comprehensive video operating system and syndication network for profitably publishing video anywhere on the Internet. The system automatically manages, transcodes... more
Parks Associates

Parks Associates is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from... more
Telestream

Telestream products are used by the world's leading media and entertainment companies and corporations for transcoding and workflow automation. Telestream helps customers transform their media for multiplatform distribution to web, mobile, DVD... more
JVC

JVC U.S.A. is a division of JVC Americas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Victor Company of Japan, Limited. JVC is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated audio and video products that use superior technologies to deliver high... more
Disney ESPN Media Networks

ESPN, Inc. is the world's leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company featuring a portfolio of over 50 multimedia sports assets. The company is comprised of six domestic television networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS... more