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Sunday’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. The game was also shown live on TV3 and on BBC.
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, with it’s 5pm Monday kick off, was the most popular game on RTÉ Player with 131,950 streams.
“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,” said Ryle Nugent, Group Head of Sport at RTÉ.
“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 Sunday’s game but that all 10 of the top 10 rating games were 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.
