{"id":483282,"date":"2026-06-18T08:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/483282\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:02:09","slug":"tvnz-scores-record-streaming-with-all-whites-at-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/483282\/","title":{"rendered":"TVNZ+ scores record streaming with All Whites at FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">The All Whites&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/06\/16\/live-updates-all-whites-v-iran\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opening match<\/a> against Iran on Tuesday delivered TVNZ+ its largest streaming day \u2013 with almost 2.3 million streams on the platform across the 24-hour period. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The match, a thrilling 2-2 draw, generated 555,000 streams on TVNZ+. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">More than 465,000 people tuned in on TVNZ 1, placing the match among the top five highest-rated football matches on broadcast TV since 2010. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">All Whites fans have their faith rewarded by drawing 2-2 with Iran. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">TVNZ chief executive Jodi O\u2019Donnell said New Zealand has become a nation of football lovers and such large audiences indicated how passionately Kiwis were backing their team. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Making every All Whites match at the FIFA World Cup 2026 available live and free-to-view was important to us \u2013 every Kiwi should have the opportunity to support our players on the world\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;To achieve TVNZ+\u2019s biggest streaming day ever so early in the tournament is a huge moment for us. It reflects the growing role TVNZ+ is playing in bringing major live events to audiences across Aotearoa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">Pround nation watches on as the team takes Iran to to a 2-2 draw in Los Angeles.  (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The match, in which Palmerston North\u2019s Elijah Just made history as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/06\/16\/eli-just-just-so-happy-after-scoring-twice-against-iran\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first New Zealander to score two goals in a World Cup game<\/a>, was the highest reaching individual sports event on TVNZ+. The previous record was the UEFA EUROS Final in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The All Whites&#8217; second group stage match is against Egypt on Monday, June 22. TVNZ 1&#8217;s coverage will start at noon ahead of the 1pm kick off, with Chris Chang, All Whites goalkeeper Oli Sail and Wellington Phoenix legend Paul Ifill providing studio analysis and insight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Watch all matches at the World Cup with an event pass on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvnz.co.nz\/sport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TVNZ+<\/a> | All Whites games free-to-view on TVNZ1 and TVNZ+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The All Whites&#8217; opening match against Iran on Tuesday delivered TVNZ+ its largest streaming day \u2013 with almost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2966,111,139,69,97379,213,6445],"class_list":["post-483282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sport-news","tag-sports","tag-tvnz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}