Record television audience in China for the Trophée des Champions
The 2019 Trophée des Champions between Paris Saint-Germain and Stade Rennais FC in Shenzhen was watched by nearly 2.5 million people in China.
Broadcast on CCTV5+ (live) and CCTV5 (delayed at 22:15), two channels from CCTV, the official Ligue 1 Conforama broadcaster in China, the Trophée des Champions 2019 recorded the biggest ever audience for a football match between two French clubs on CCTV. 1.8 million people were watching on Saturday night; more than twice as many as for the Trophée des Champions 2018 on the same channels (894,000).
The total digital audience on PPTV and replays, was nearly 2.5 million people watching Trophée des Champions this year.
More than 18 million people watched at least one minute of the match on one of the two channels, compared to 12.4 million in 2018 (nearly +50%).
CCTV also offered extensive coverage of the Trophée des Champions in there news bulletins leading up to the match with a total 16 million people watching reports concerning Paris Saint-Germain, Stade Rennais FC and the Trophée des Champions between 25 July and 4 August .