Louise Bernard, with Alexis Patri
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Official broadcaster of the Roland-Garros tournament alongside Amazon Prime Video, France Télévisions presented on Tuesday the results of its audiences for the sporting event. The public audiovisual group was delighted to have reached record levels, bringing together nearly three out of four French people ahead of the competition.
France Télévisions takes stock of the clay court. And he is very good. The public audiovisual group presented its audiences for the 2022 edition of the Roland-Garros tournament on Tuesday, of which it is the official broadcaster, just like Amazon Prime Video. In 15 days, the broadcast of the sports competition brought together 42 million viewers in front of the France Télévisions channels. 73% of the French population watched Roland-Garros at least once this year, a record audience since 2012.
Serial audience records
To successfully reach more French people, the public group has increased its broadcast time, with an earlier than usual airing, from 11 a.m. instead of 3 p.m. The matches were also broadcast until 8 p.m. on France 2, then until 9 p.m. on France 3. That is 150 hours of airtime in all. In detail, tennis was watched on average by 1.9 million viewers each afternoon on France 2. Another record for France Télévisions, this time since 2015.
And the good news doesn’t stop there for the group led by Delphine Ernotte: the men’s final was watched by more than 4.5 million viewers, the best audience for ten years. The ladies’ final brought together more than 2 million viewers, its best score for eight years. Something to warm the hearts of France Télévisions, which was unable to broadcast the most anticipated match of the tournament, the Nadal-Djokovic quarter-final, scheduled for the evening and therefore broadcast on Amazon Prime Video. The streaming platform does not communicate its audiences in detail. She simply told AFP that “millions of spectators” watched this match.