Champions League: 34.8 million viewers in the Top 5 countries for the 2016 Real - Atlético final

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Real Madrid CF (Liga BBVA) - Club Atlético de Madrid (Liga BBVA), the 2015-16 Champions League Final (1-1, 5-3 on penalties), acheived the best audience in prime time in the television market of the five countries of the European Top 5 leagues (Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy), on Saturday 28/05/2016 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). In total, the final, played at the San Siro in Milan (ITA), combined for at least 34.768 million viewers on average in the five major European television markets.

• In Spain, 9,447,000 viewers on average watched the final on the private, free-TV channel Antena 3 (Atresmedia group), for a 57.3% audience share. The game achieved a peak audience of 11,642,000 viewers during the penalty shootout. The game was co-broadcast by the pay-TV group beIN Sports España, whose audience was not disclosed.

• In Germany, the final drew 8.19 million viewers on average on the public channel ZDF (audience share: 31.2%) and 340,000 subscribers on the Sky Deutschland pay-TV group.

• In Italy, the free-TV channel Canale 5 (Mediaset group) drew 7.548 million viewers on…

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