Champions League: 6.67 million viewers in Spain for Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona on Antena 3 (free-TV)

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The Chelsea FC (Premier League) - FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) Round of 16 first leg (1-1) of the 2017-18 Champions League, drew an average of 6,675 million viewers on the public TV channel Antena 3 in Spain on Tuesday 20/02/2018 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). The figure represented an audience share of 33.5%.

The Spanish television group Atresmedia broadcasts for free on Tuesday nights, via its free channel Antena 3 (or occasionally on the free-TV channel Sexta), one game on each matchday of the competition, as well as the Champions League final for the 2015-2018 period.

Atresmedia and the Spanish TV groups Mediapro and TV3 acquired the audiovisual rights of the Champions League for Spain for the 2015-2018 period on 24/09/2014.

From 2018-19, there will no longer be a Champions League match (excluding the final) broadcast for free in Spain. Mediapro and pay-TV group beIN Media Group acquired the exclusive 2018-2021 media rights for the European Cups on 19/07/2017.

  • The match drew 944,000 subscribers on the pay-TV channel BT Sport 2 in the UK for an audience share of 4.9%


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