Europa League: 2.3 million viewers in France for Lyon - Ajax on the M6 channel (share: 10%)

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Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1) - AFC Ajax (Eredivisie), 3-1,the semi-final return leg of the 2016-17 Europa League (Ajax advanced 5-4 on aggregate), drew 2.3 million viewers on average in France on the private, free-TV channel M6, on Thursday, 11/05/2017 (kick-off at 21:05 CET).

This figure represented an audience share of 10%,, which ranked the channel third in the French television market for prime time on 11/05/2017. This figure is also the record audience for the number of viewers for the broadcast of a Europa League match on one of the channels of the Groupe M6 during the 2016-17 season.

AFC Ajax - Olympique Lyonnais (4-1), the first leg semi-final match, had drawn an average of 1,340,000 viewers on average in France on the private, free-TV channel W9, on Wednesday, 03/05/2017 (kick-off at 18:45 CET).

  • Olympique Lyonnais - AFC Ajax was also broadcast live, in France, by the pay channel beIN Sports 1, whose audience figures was not communicated.

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