Italy: 134 million Sky and Premium subscribers watched the first half of the 2015-16 Serie A season

The 10 games on matchday 19 of the 2015-16 Serie A TIM season, played on 09 and 10/01/2016, drew 8,446,036 average subscribers, in total, on the channels of the Italian pay-TV groups Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium, according to data from the institutes of audience measurement AGB (Nielsen group) and Auditel, published by the Lega Serie A on 11/01/2016.

The best cumulative audience of the weekend was for the match between UC Sampdoria - Juventus (1-2), which attracted 2,122,498 average subscribers in total (1,253,933 on Sky Calcio and 868,565 on Premium Sport) on Sunday 10/01/2016 (20:45 CET).

The 10 matches on Matchday 18 of the Italian championship, which took place on 05 and 06/01/2016, drew 6,582,805 average subscribers, in total, on Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium channels. The best audience of the midweek round of fixtures was for the match between SSC Napoli - Torino FC (2-1), which attracted 1,640,501 average subscribers in total (963,316 on Sky Calcio and 677,185 on Premium Sport) on Wednesday 06/01/2016 (20:45 CET).

At the mid-point in the season, nearly 134 million…