NBA Paris Game 2024: 228,000 viewers for Cavaliers - Nets broadcast free-to-air on Canal+

The Cleveland Cavaliers-Brooklyn Nets game (111-102), part of the "NBA Paris Game 2024 Presented by Revolut" held at the Accor Arena (Paris, 12^th arrondissement), drew an average of 228,000 viewers on the pay-TV channel Canal+ (free-to-air broadcast) on Thursday 11/01/2024 (kick-off at 20:00 CET), according to the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie. This figure represented an audience share of 1.1%.

The game was also broadcast on the beIN SPORTS 1 pay-TV channel, whose audience figures were not communicated. The pay-TV group beIN SPORTS France has held the rights to broadcast the NBA in France since 2012 and until 2024. beIN paid an estimated €4.5m per season for these rights over the 2012-2016 cycle, then €7m per year over the 2016-2020 cycle, according to L'Équipe.

Chicago Bulls - Detroit Pistons (126-108), the "NBA Paris Game 2023 Presented by Nike" also played at the Accor Arena, drew an average of 376,000 viewers, with a peak of 485,000 viewers at the end of the game, on Canal+ (free-to-air broadcast) on Thursday 19/01/2023 (21:00 CET), according to Médiamétrie. The game…