Spain: football achieves the 39 best TV audiences of 2016, and 47 of the top 50

Football programming constituted the 39 best TV audiences in Spain in 2016, and 47 of the 50 best audiences for the year. Only two fiction programmes and the broadcast of the music contest Eurovision landed inside the Spanish top 50 TV audiences alongside football.

The best audience of the 2016 year was reached during the penalty shoot-out (from 23:23 CET) in the final of the 2015-16 Champions League, Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander) - Club Atletico de Madrid (LaLiga Santander) (1-1, 5-3 on penalties), on Saturday 28/05/2016, which drew 11.642 million viewers on average in Spain on the private, free-TV channel Antena 3 (Atresmedia group), for an audience share of 62.3%.

Overall, since kick-off (20:45), the Champions League final drew 9.44 million viewers on average (57.3% audience share). The final was also co-broadcast by a pay-TV channel of beIN Sports in Spain, whose audience figures were not disclosed.

In total, games of Euro 2016 represent 17 of the 50 best TV audiences of the year in Spain, with the best Euro 2016 audience in Spain for Croatia - Spain (2-1), which drew 10.726…