Europa League: Marseille - RB Salzburg watched by 3.6 million people in France on free-TV W9

News Tank Football - Paris - News #118965 - Published on 27/04/18 at 11:10

The Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Conforama) - FC Red Bull Salzburg (Tipico Bundesliga) semi-final first leg of the 2017-18 Europa League (2-0), drew an average of 3.658 million viewers in France, on the free-TV channel W9, on Thursday 26/04/2018 (kick-off at 21:05 CET). This is a record TV audience for the M6 group channel.

The figure represented an audience share of 16.3% and ranked W9 second in the French television market for prime time on 26/04/2018.

For the 2015-2018 cycle, the M6 group has the first choice of games on each Europa League matchday. The pay-TV group beIN Sports broadcasts all matches of the competition.

For the 2018-2021 cycle, Altice group acquired, the full TV rights of the European Cups (Champions League and Europa League) for approximately €350m per season, on 11/05/2017.

Jérôme Fouqueray, CEO of W9, excited by the record TV audience figures for the Olympique de Marseille - FC Red Bull Salzburg match, on Twitter

Olympique de Marseille - Red Bull Salzbourg: 844,000 more viewers than for the quarter-final return leg Marseille - RB Leipzig

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