Chelsea - PSG: 1.415 million viewers on beIN Sports France, best audience ever for the channel

1.415 million subscribers on average watched, in France on the pay-TV channel beIN Sports 1, the Round of 16 second leg match of the 2015-16 Champions League between Chelsea FC - Paris Saint-Germain (1-2, PSG advanced 4-2 on aggregate) on 09/03/2016 (kick-off at 19:45 GMT, 20:45 CET). The audience peaked at 1.529 million viewers, according beIN Sports on 10/03/2016.

The average audience of 1.415 million is a record for the channel since its inception on 01/06/2012. The previous record was the first match of this two-legged Champions League tie between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea (2-1), on Tuesday 16/02/2016, with 1.301 million subscribers on average during the match.

"All the ingredients are there so that once again we could reach an exceptional figure, and beat our record audience," said Florent Houzot, the editorial director of beIN Sports France, to News Tank Football on 09/03/2016, just before the match.

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