In clear on France 2 in addition to being broadcast on BeInSports, the Coupe de France match between OM and Lille achieved huge audience ratings.
After the success of the Channel L'Equipe with the unencrypted Clasico offered on Sunday evening and which attracted 1.3 million viewers, a new match broadcast on TNT was a hit. Available for free on France 2 Tuesday evening in addition to being broadcast by BeInSports, the round of 16 of the Coupe de France between Olympique de Marseille and Lille attracted 2.4 million viewers on average, with a peak of 3, 1 million at the time of the Mastiffs’ victory. This figure, which represents a record since 2017 for a round of 16, is all the more enormous as this figure does not include the BeInSports audience.
“Long live football in plain language” rejoiced Fabien Levêque, commentator for the public channel and who was present Tuesday evening at the Vélodrome to bring viewers to life the epic qualification of LOSC against Olympique de Marseille. At a time when a disenchantment with football is regularly mentioned in French society, it is good to remember that free-to-air football is still a hit and is regularly placed at the top of the audience rankings. Which confirms that the problem from which Ligue 1 suffers is not primarily a disenchantment but rather an invisibility, due to changing broadcasters, whose prices are never the same and unfortunately tend to skyrocket.
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