Premier League: 515,000 viewers for Manchester City - Sunderland on BT Sport (audience share: 3.6%)

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Manchester City FC - Sunderland AFC (2-1), from Matchday 1 of the 2016-17 Premier League season, drew an average of 515,000 viewers in the UK on the pay-TV channel BT Sport, on Saturday, 13/08/2016 (kick-off at 17:30 local BST / 18:30 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 3.6% over the whole of the British public.

Hull City FC - Leicester City FC (2-1), the opening match of the 2016-17 Premier League season, drew 475,000 viewers in the UK on average on the pay-TV channel Sky Sports 1, on Saturday, 13/08/2016 (kick-off at 12:30 local BST / 13:30 CET), for an audience share of 6% over the whole of the British public.

Chelsea FC - West Ham United FC (2-1), the last game of the opening 2016-17 weekend, drew an average of 601,000 viewers in the UK on the pay-TV channel Sky Sports 1, on Monday, 15/08/2016 (kick-off at 20:00 local BST / 21:00 CET, with the figures including the pre-match programming starting at 19:00 BST), for an audience share of 3.1%.

In the UK, two other Matchday 1 game were broadcast on Sky Sports, on Sunday, 14/08/2016. AFC Bournemouth - Manchester…

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