Views jump 13x the channel's usual pace

Mark Allen considers retirement as Northern Ireland Open coverage continues

His emotional interview draws far more views than the surrounding match highlights on TNT Sports Snooker.

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Why this story? The whole channel is running at 604,647 views a day, 13 times a normal day (45,762).

Mark Allen's defeat to Jordan Brown has a second, more personal chapter on TNT Sports Snooker: an emotional interview in which Allen reveals he is considering retiring from the sport.

The interview has reached roughly 437,000 views since its October 20 upload, well beyond any of the channel's other recent Northern Ireland Open packages. For a player who has won both the Masters and the UK Championship, even considering that step is a significant moment. It is not, however, an announcement that he has decided to leave.

The channel's daily views have meanwhile climbed to about 605,000, more than thirteen times their usual pace. The interview stands out among its recent releases, though that channel-wide rise cannot be assigned to one upload alone.

Tournament coverage has continued around it. Mark Williams against Zhang Anda and John Higgins against Jak Jones followed the Allen uploads. The newest package turns to Kyren Wilson and Pang Junxu, with its title promising a last-frame thriller. But among these recent videos, it is Allen's discussion of his future, rather than a match, that has drawn the largest audience.

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