An "astonishing" 3.5 million people tuned into BBC2 Friday to watch Salford City's FA Cup victory against Notts County, according to Daniel Prescott of the London DAILY MAIL. The "huge figures make it the most-watched domestic game so far this season" -- beating ManU's win against Liverpool "by a whopping 900,000." Viewing numbers were "buoyed by the Class of 92 documentary" (DAILY MAIL, 11/9). L’ÉQUIPE reported French channel Canal Plus’ Super Sport Sunday “broke several records last Sunday." The Top 14 rugby match, Stade Français vs. Clermont, drew 716,000 viewers with a 25.9% market share. Post-match show Canal Rugby Club rode that match’s audience to be the most watched show of the week with 652,000 viewers and a peak audience of 900,000. Canal Football Club also had a record average audience of 1,765,000 viewers, with a peak of close to 2.2 million viewers with a 6.8% market share (L’ÉQUIPE, 11/9).
EPL RIGHTS: SOCCEREX reported MP & Silva "has regained the distribution rights" for the Premier League in Japan, "three years after it lost out to IMG." The media rights company "has agreed to a three-year deal," between '16-19, for the league's media distribution rights in Japan. The country becomes the 52nd territory in which MP & Silva controls the EPL's distribution rights (SOCCEREX, 11/10).
