2024-25 Champions League: 456,000 viewers for Sporting Portugal - LOSC Lille on Canal+

Sporting Clube de Portugal (Liga Portugal Betclic) - LOSC Lille (Ligue 1 McDonald's) (2-0), on Matchday 1 of the 2024-25 Champions League, drew an average of 456,000 viewers on the pay-TV channel Canal+ in France on Tuesday 17/09/2024 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie.

This figure represented an audience share of 2.5%. The Champions League has begun under a new 36-team league format and has also entered a new TV rights cycle (2024-2027). In France, the Canal+ group holds the full and exclusive TV rights to the three men's European Cups (UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) until 2026-27 (see below).

During the 2023-24 season, the match between Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 McDonald's) and Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) (2-0 victory for PSG), on Matchday 1 of the competition (then in a group stage format), drew an average of 2.18 million viewers on Canal+ and Canal+ Foot (1.95 million and 230,000 viewers respectively), on Tuesday 19/09/2023 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to Médiamétrie. Audience…