Spain: Telecinco nabs 13.2m viewers for Spain-Chile match (67% audience share)

The free Spanish private channel Telecinco had 13.2m viewers on average during the Spanish team's second game of the 2014 World Cup, facing Chile (0-2, in Rio de Janeiro, 18/06/2014), or an audience share of 67.6%, the 18/06/2014. This is the highest rating that any programme has gotten in Spain in 2014.

Spain are a double European champion (2008 and 2012) and World Cup champion (2010) but in this match were eliminated from the competition. Spain will play their third and final match of the group phase against Australia on 23/06/2014 (at 18:00 CET) in Curitiba.

Mediaset Espana has the TV rights in Spain for the 25 games of the 2014 World Cup (Brazil, from 12/06 to 13/07/2014), including those of the Spanish team for an estimated €30-35m. These matches are broadcast on two channels of the Mediaset Group: Telecinco and Cuatro.

Spain's first match of the competition, against the Netherlands (1-5), drew 11.2m viewers on Telecinco, or a 68.5% audience share. The highest viewership in the history of Spanish television was the final of Euro 2012, which was won by the Spanish team against…