Champions League: Manchester City - Real Madrid draws 8 million viewers on free-TV Antena 3 in Spain

Manchester City FC - Real Madrid CF (0-0), the first leg semi-final match of the 2015-16 Champions League, broadcast in Spain on the private, free-TV channel Antena 3, drew 8.043 millions viewers on average on Tuesday 26/04/2016 (kick-of at 20:45 CET).

This figure represented an audience share of 43.2%, and allowed the channel of the Atresmedia group to achieve the best performance in the Spanish television market for prime time on 26/04/2016.

In the UK, the match was broadcast exclusively on the pay-TV channel BT Sport Europe, which drew 876,000 subscribers on average during the game. This figure represented a 4.6% audience share across the entirety of the UK public, and allowed BT Sport Europe to post the second best performance of the day in the UK television market, across all channels, free and pay, on 26/04/2016.

Manchester City - Real Madrid: 3.8 million viewers in Italy; 984,000 in France

• In Italy, the game was broadcast by private, free-TV channel Canale 5, which drew 3,838,000 viewers on average.
  • This figure represented an audience share of 14.39%, and allowed the…