2018 World Cup: 4.85 million viewers for Spain - Israel in Spain on La1 (TVE)

Spain - Israel (4-1), in Gijon (ESP), in UEFA-zone qualification for the 2018 World Cup, drew 4.856 million viewers on average in Spain on the public channel La 1 (TVE) on Friday, 24/03/2017 (kick-off at 20:45 CET).

This represented an audience share of 29.4%, with a peak audience with 5.821 million viewers (33.2% audience share) midway through the second half. This gave the La1 channel the best performance in the Spanish television market for prime time of 24/03/2017.

• Next match of the Spanish national team: France - Spain (friendly), Stade de France (Saint-Denis) on Tuesday, 28/03/2017, kick-off at 21:00 CET.

Spain: RTVE acquired the TV rights to the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in May 2014

• RTVE acquired the TV, radio, internet and mobile rights to the qualifying matches of the Spanish team to Euro 2016 (France) and the 2018 World Cup (Russia), the Spanish public broadcasting group announced on 14/05/2014.
• The rights guarantee RTVE 10 matches at each qualifying phase (September 2014 to November 2015 for Euro 2016, and from September 2016 to November 2017 for the 2018…