beIN Sports USA: 2.12 million subscribers watch Barça-Real on English and Spanish language channels

El Clásico, FC Barcelona - Real Madrid CF (2-1, Matchday 28 of the 2014-15 Liga BBVA) saw the pay-TV channels beIN Sports (English language) and beIN Sports ñ (Spanish language), the only channels that broadcast the match live in the US, attract an average of 2.12 million subscribers during the match, on Sunday 23/03/2015 (kickoff at 16:00 East Coast Time), according to the American audience measuring institute Nielsen Media Research on 25/03/2015.

The beIN Sports group has the exclusive rights to broadcast the Liga BBVA in the US and Canada. This represents a 16% increase compared to the average audience of the reverse fixture (1.83 million subscribers) Real Madrid CF - FC Barcelona (3-1, Matchday 9 of the Liga BBVA 2014-15, on Saturday 25/10/2014, kick-off at noon East Coast Time).

The match attracted an average of 767,000 subscribers to beIN Sports, and 1,353,000 to beIN Sports ñ (+64% compared to the reverse fixture). beIN Sports recorded a peak audience of 968,000 (+26% compared to the average audience) and beIN Sports ñ had a peak of 1.693 million (+25%) during the last…