La Liga : Spanish TV audiences down 35% in 2012/13

La Liga BBVA (Spanish first division) received 154.4 million viewers in Spain in 2012/13, 35% less than in 2011/12 (237.5 million).

Pay channels Canal + Spain and Mediapro represented 72% of the viewers (111.4 million), while the free channels, who screened one match per week in 2012/13, represented the remaining 28% (43 million), according to German website Sponsors.de on the 21/06/2013. Amongst these free channels, Marca TV, the online TV service belonging to the Spanish daily sports newspaper, broadcast 23 games, for a total of 21.5 million viewers. The Cuatro (10 matches) and La Sexta (5 matches) channels, shared the remaining 15 games.

La Liga Adelante (Spanish second division) on the other hand, reported a 34% increase in its TV audience, attracting 53.7 million viewers in 2012/13 as opposed to 40 million the previous season.

"The LFP (Spanish Professional Football League) cannot confirm these figures, as it does not have access to them. Clubs negotiate contracts with TV channels independently of the league," a La Liga spokesman told NTF on the 25/06/2013.

La Liga : Spanish TV…