No first direct confrontation between CazéTV and ge tv broadcasting the same football game on YouTube, the Globo’s recently launched sports channel emerged victorious – and with great advantage. Although CazéTV started the match between Flamengo x Cruz Azul with higher numbers, the scenario quickly changed. Nine minutes into the game, ge tv overtook its competitor and, from then on, opened a gap that only increased throughout the 90 minutes.
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The “Futebol na TV” profile on the social network “X” detailed the numbers. Minute-by-minute audience data shows that GE TV’s performance has been increasing since the beginning of the first half. At 2 pm (Brasília time), while CazéTV had 1 million viewers, ge.tv had 640.6 thousand. Three minutes later, the distance dropped to just over 150 thousand. The turning point came in the period up to 2:09 pm, when the Globo channel reached 1.2 million, surpassing the 1.1 million recorded by Casimiro’s broadcast.
From then on, Globo’s dominance of the channel was absolute. GE TV reached 1.9 million viewers in the first half, always opening up a lead of more than half a million views at different times. During the break, the difference remained comfortable: between 420 thousand and 611 thousand more viewers for the Globo channel.
The second half consolidated the superiority. ge tv quickly rose to the 2 million range and, later, 2.4 million simultaneous viewers. CazéTV, in turn, always fluctuated between 1.1 million and 1.2 million. As of 3:21 pm, the difference surpassed the 900 thousand views mark, reaching a peak of 1.2 million advantages in the final minutes of the match.
The most striking fact came at the end: ge tv finished the game with more than double the audience of CazéTV. For Globo’s new channel, the performance consolidates an extremely strong start to operations. For CazéTV, which had been dominating online sports broadcasts, the direct confrontation marks a new competitive scenario and indicates that the competition for audience in the digital environment is fiercer than ever.
Ge TV and CazéTV audiences in Flamengo x Cruz Azul
YouTube numbers.
1st half
| Time | gtv | CazéTV | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 640.6K | 1.0M | Cazé 360.2K |
| 14:03 | 909.1K | 1.1M | Cazé 158.0K |
| 14:06 | 1.1M | 1.1M | Cazé 907 |
| 14:09 | 1.2M | 1.1M | ge 129.0K |
| 14:12 | 1.4M | 1.1M | give 224.2K |
| 14:15 | 1.5M | 1.1M | ge 326.8K |
| 14:18 | 1.6M | 1.1M | he is 427.3P |
| 14:21 | 1.6M | 1.1M | give 484.2K |
| 14:24 | 1.7M | 1.2M | ge 537.5K |
| 14:27 | 1.8M | 1.2M | which is 595.6K |
| 14:30 | 1.8M | 1.2M | heal 64.3K |
| 14:33 | 1.8M | 1.2M | is the 67.9 |
| 14:36 | 1.9M | 1.2M | ge 708K |
| 14:39 | 1.9M | 1.2M | ge 732.5K |
| 14:42 | 1.9M | 1.1M | is 764.6K |
| 14:45 | 1.9M | 1.1M | is 787.6K |
Interval
| Time | gtv | CazéTV | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:48 | 1.6M | 1.0M | ge 611.0K |
| 14:51 | 1.3M | 858.3K | ge 422.0K |
| 14:54 | 1.2M | 797.7K | ge 439.1K |
| 14:57 | 1.2M | 785.6K | ge 425.7K |
| 15:00 | 1.3M | 790.2K | give 467.2K |
| 15:03 | 1.3M | 836.6K | ge 464.7K |
2nd half
| Time | gtv | CazéTV | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:06 | 1.5M | 928.6K | was 580.9K |
| 15:09 | 1.7M | 1.0M | ge 681.8K |
| 15:12 | 1.8M | 1.1M | ge 767.7K |
| 15:15 | 1.9M | 1.1M | ge 834.5K |
| 15:18 | 2.0M | 1.1M | ge 878.8K |
| 15:21 | 2.0M | 1.1M | it is also 916.9K |
| 15:24 | 2.1M | 1.1M | 95.97 |
| 15:27 | 2.1M | 1.1M | ge 989.0K |
| 15:30 | 2.2M | 1.2M | give 1.1M |
| 15:33 | 2.2M | 1.2M | give 1.1M |
| 15:36 | 2.2M | 1.1M | give 1.1M |
| 15:39 | 2.3M | 1.2M | give 1.1M |
| 15:42 | 2.3M | 1.2M | give 1.1M |
| 15:45 | 2.3M | 1.2M | ge 1.2M |
| 15:48 | 2.4M | 1.2M | ge 1.2M |
| 15:51 | 2.4M | 1.2M | ge 1.2M |
| 15:54 | 2.4M | 1.2M | ge 1.2M |
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