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MLS Week 1 TV Ratings: Better than attendance numbers

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MLS may have averaged over 25,000 at games this past week, but remove newcomers and compare the remainder with their first home games of last season and you'll see a slight dip. Nothing to be worried about, but somewhat noteworthy. TV ratings however, were great compared to historical averages! One thing to understand. You cannot compare Canadian TV numbers with US numbers as a like-for-like. Canada smartly counts all public viewings (bars/restaurants). Nielsen ratings only count households. That 24.7 million for English/Spanish viewers for US-Portugal last summer? Tack on a few more million that weren't counted in bars. Food for thought.

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