Last night’s UEFA EURO 2016 Final between France and Portugal saw Irish viewers choose both RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player in huge numbers despite more choice being available than ever before.
An average of 782,100 viewers watched the game on RTÉ2 with a share of 46% of those watching television at the time tuning in. The figure peaked at 925,700 in extra time as Eder fired Portugal to a historic win.
Additionally there were 94,100 live streams for the Final on RTÉ Player. This makes Portugal v France the fifth biggest live game of UEFA EURO 2016 on RTÉ Player. Ireland v Sweden was the most popular game on RTÉ Player with 131,950 streams.
Ryle Nugent, Group Head of Sport, RTE commented “It is extremely heartening that, in a time of intense and increasing competition, RTÉ Sport’s output continues to engage Irish audiences in such huge numbers. It has been a fantastic month of top class action from France and we are both pleased and proud to see that not only did most Irish viewers choose RTÉ for last night’s game but that all 10 of the top 10 rating games were on RTÉ2.”
All 10 of the 10 top-rating games from UEFA EURO 2016 were broadcast on RTÉ2. Ireland’s defeat to France was the highest-rating match with an average of 1,262,000 viewers and a share of 83% of the available audience. See below for full table.
RTÉ’s UEFA EURO 2016 coverage on RTÉ Player attracted 2 million streams, while UEFA EURO 2016 content across RTÉ.ie and RTÉ News Now app attracted 1.2 million unique browsers and 7.15 million page impressions.
All of the Republic of Ireland’s UEFA EURO 2016 games were also broadcast live on RTÉ Radio 1.
Monday 11 July, 2016
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Further information – Fergus McCormack, RTÉ Sport press officer, 01 2083117, 086 8674751, Fergus.mccormack@rte.ie
Notes to editors –
Source for television figures: TAM Ireland Ltd/ Nielsen TAM, Live + VOSDAL data, National Individuals
Source for RTÉ Player and online figures is comScore Digital Analytix
Top 10 rating games across all Irish channels
1 UEFA EURO 2016 Live – 26/06/2016 – Republic of Ireland v France – RTÉ2 Average 1,262.200 Share 82.93%
2 UEFA EURO 2016 Live – 22/06/2016 – Italy V Rep Of Ireland – RTÉ2 Average 1,228.500 share 73.64%
3 UEFA EURO 2016 Live – 13/06/2016 – Rep Of Ireland V Sweden – RTÉ2 Average 1,080.900 Share 71.06%
4 UEFA EURO 2016 Live – 18/06/2016 – Belgium V Rep Of Ireland – RTÉ2 Average 925.100 share 78.49%
5 FINAL Portugal V France – 10/07/2016 – RTÉ2 Average 782.100 share 46.00%
6 UEFA EURO 2016 Live – 06/07/2016 – Portugal v Wales – RTÉ2 Average 725.000 share 49.07%
7 UEFA Euro 2016 Live – 10/06/2016 – France V Romania – RTÉ2 Average 595.100 42.08%
8 UEFA EURO 2016 Live – 27/06/2016 – England v Iceland – RTÉ2 Average 570.000 share 39.42%
9 UEFA EURO 2016 Live – 02/07/2016 – Germany v Italy – RTÉ2 Average 552.700 share 39.49%
10 UEFA EURO 2016 Live -03/07/2016 – France v Iceland – RTÉ2 Average 537.000 Share 37.14%