2023-24 Champions League: a record 1.86 million viewers for PSG - Newcastle on Canal+ Foot

The Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) - Newcastle United FC (Premier League) game (1-1) on Matchday 5 in Group F of the 2023-24 Champions League, drew an average of 1.86 million viewers, with a peak of 2.1 million on the pay-TV channel Canal+ Foot, on Tuesday 28/11/2023 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement agency Médiamétrie released by the pay and free-TV group.

This is an "all-time record for the channel (launched on 31/08/2022)," according to Canal+. The match was also broadcast on the pay-TV channel RMC Sport 1, whose audience figures were not communicated.

Canal+ Foot's previous audience record was held by the match between AC Milan (Serie A TIM) and Paris Saint-Germain (2-1), on Matchday 4 in the same competition, which drew an average of 1.78 million viewers, with a peak of nearly 2 million on Tuesday 07/11/2023 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to Médiamétrie. The match was also broadcast on RMC Sport 1.

The first leg between the two teams (Matchday 2, 4-1 win for Newcastle) drew an average of 2.11 million viewers, with a peak of…