Portugal: 2.35 million viewers for Porto-Bayern on TVI, record for the 2014-15 Champions League

The FC Porto - FC Bayern Munich (3-1) first leg quarter-final of the 2014-15 Champions League, broadcast live in Portugal by TVI, allowed the Portuguese free private channel to gather 2.35 million viewers on average during the match (kick-off at 20:45 CET), on Wednesday 15/04/2015.

This is the best audience for TVI in 2014-15 for a Champions League. This score represents a 49.3% audience share, and allowed TVI to achieve the best performance of the Portuguese television market for prime time on Wednesday, 15/04/2015.

• TVI hold the broadcasting rights, on free TV in Portugal, for 16 games of the Champions League each season for the 2012-2015 period (rights acquired for €12m over the period).
  • The broadcasting rights on free TV for the 2015-2018 period were acquired, on 20/11/2014, by the Portuguese public service broadcaster RTP for €18m over the period according to Portuguese media outlets (sum disputed by RTP).
• The 2015-2018 broadcast rights, on Portuguese pay-TV, for the Champions League and Europa League were acquired by the Sport TV group on 14/04/2015.
  
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