Rugby World Cup 2023: 3.4 million viewers for Japan - Samoa on M6 (audience share: 19%)

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Japan - Samoa (28-22), 28/09/2023 - ©  World Rugby / X

Japan - Samoa (28-22), on matchday 4 of the Rugby World Cup 2023 (Group D), drew an average of 3.4 million viewers with a peak of 4.2 million on the free-TV channel M6, on Thursday 28/09/2023 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie.

This figure represented an audience share of 19%, which ranked the channel first in the French audiovisual market at prime time on 28/09/2023.

Uruguay - Namibia (36-26), Group A match, drew an average of 1.29 million viewers on M6, on Wednesday 27/09/2023 (kick-off at 17:45 CET), according to data from Médiamétrie. Audience share: 10.9%.

Japan - Samoa: figures communicated by the M6 group

Rugby World Cup 2023: broadcast in France on TF1 (20 matches), M6 (18) & France Télévisions (10)

  • The private free-TV group TF1 Founded: 06/04/1987 Business sectors: free television group, distribution, production Shareholding 2024 (last data communicated): Bouygues (46.1%), TF1 employees (10.4%), floating capital France… , the public broadcasting group France Télévisions Sector: French public
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Japan - Samoa (28-22), 28/09/2023 - ©  World Rugby / X

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