This season, Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain are jointly participating in the Champions League. AS Monaco is the third representative of French football in this competition.
Obviously, Canal+ is not counting on the Rocher club to achieve extraordinary audiences. Broadcasting the C1 and all the European Cups until 2027, the encrypted channel was able to catch up with some beautiful posters in which OM and PSG participated.
The match between Real Madrid and Roberto De Zerbi’s men on September 16 was the only one to attract more than two million viewers. The four other best audiences of the season concern matches of the capital club.
Canal+, the threat looms
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In full skylight confirms that these are results overall “worrisome” For Canal+. “Thank you for this review. When I talk about this (the poor audiences of French clubs in the European Cup, Editor’s note.)they think I’m crazy”reacted journalist Daniel Riolo.
The private audiovisual group could also see the digital giants overshadow it on the TV rights market. UEFA, which launched its call for tenders for the period 2027-2031, has indeed decided to market a lot containing a Tuesday evening Champions League match. This will be reserved for players like Netflix, Amazon or Apple.
