2017-18 Copa Del Rey: FC Barcelona - RCD Espanyol draws 4.6 million viewers (Telecinco and Gol)

The FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) - RCD Espanyol (LaLiga Santander) quarter-final return leg of the 2017-18 Copa del Rey (2-0, Barcelona advanced 2-1 on aggregate), drew an average of 3.628 million viewers on the free private television channel Telecinco (audience share: 18.6%), and 1.308 million on the free-TV channel Gol (audience share: 6.7%), for a cumulative audience of 4.936 million viewers, on Thursday 25/01/2018, (kick-off at 21:30 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Kantar Media.

The audience figures put Telecinco at the top of the Spanish television market, and Gol at the top of the Spanish free-TV market, for the entire day on 25/01/2018.

The Mediaset España group acquired the rights for the co-broadcast of six matches (a quarter-final first leg, a quarter-final second leg; and four matches in the semi-finals, first and second legs) for its free-TV channel Telecinco of the 2017-18 Copa del Rey on 15/01/2018. The matches are co-broadcast on the free-TV channel Gol (Mediapro).

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