Real Madrid-Schalke Champions League Match Draws 6 Million-Plus In Spain

Real Madrid's Champions League game on Tuesday against Schalke drew an audience of 6.09 million on TVE's La 1, which translated to a market share of 31.9%, according to the EP. It was "the competition's second-most watched game of the season." Real Madrid lost Tuesday's match 4-3, but won the two-leg playoff with an aggregate score of 5-4 to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals. The match's audience peaked with 8.85 million viewers -- a market share of 40.5% -- at 10:34pm local time (EP, 3/11).

IN GERMANY: QUOTENMETER's Manuel Nunez Sanchez reported pay-TV network Sky Deutschland "recorded an average of 520,000 viewers for its broadcast of the game." The number translated into a market share of 1.8%. In the target demographic 14-49, Sky obtained a 2.1% share as 230,000 vierwers tuned in. In addition, Sky's simulcast coverage of the Schalke-Madrid and Porto-Basel games attracted 220,000 viewers, including 120,000 in the target demo. It obtained market shares of 0.8% and 1.1%, respectively (QUOTENMETER, 3/11).