IPL struggles to impress the large following

IPL is Struggling to attract Eyeballs IPL fails to live up to hype, IPL is Struggling to attract Eyeballs, IPL Match, IPL The much-hyped Indian Premier League (IPL) season II is struggling to attract eyeballs, with viewership tracking agencies reporting lesser numbers this year as it tries to overcome rain-curtailed and low scoring matches, over and above competition from elections. According to viewership research agency aMap, the first match of IPL II managed only 3.6 per cent ratings against 4.3 per cent last year. However, it reported better viewership on the second day at 3.9 per cent and 3.5 per cent as against 2.9 and 3.4 last year. Similarly, according to another viewership rating agency TAM, the TRP for the two matches on the first day of IPL II was at 5.55 per cent and 5.54 per cent, as against 8.21 per cent last year (only one match was played on day one of IPL 2008). "There could be two-three factors why the rating has gone down. There are lots of other activities like the general election happening besides the IPL. This to an extent distracts the audience. Apart from that, there was novelty value of the first season," aMap CEO Amit Verma told PTI. A TAM official, however, said it is too early to say why the rating has gone down. PTI Source : PTI Related : IPL fails to live up to hype, IPL t20 ipl twenty20, ipl schedule, iplmatch, ipl 2009, ipl live cricket, ipl match schedule 2009, ipl timetable, ipl royal challengers, ipl chennai super kings, ipl kolkatta knight riders, ipl rajasthan royals, ipl schedule, dlf ipl, ipl2020 ipl 20twenty, ipl cheerleaders, ipl cricket, iplcricket, south africa, ipl south africa