The return of German football league competitions behind closed doors on Saturday after a two-month hiatus due to the new Corona virus, received a record follow-up through local screens, reaching six million viewers of the network, "Sky Germany", which owns broadcasting rights, according to a specialized website on Sunday.
Five of the six games scheduled for the twenty-sixth stage of the Bundesliga took place at 15:30 local time on Saturday, making Germany the first major European championship to resume competitions that were suspended in mid-March because of the "Covid-19" epidemic.
According to the German "media" DWDL "website, 3,68 million people watched the start of matches through the paid channels for" German "Sky, twice the number of regular viewers of the matches on Saturday.
Added to these are about 2.45 million viewers who watched multicast broadcasts ("Multiplex") via the open channel of "Sky", after the network's decision to do so for the matches that will be played on Saturday in the first two stages after the return.
According to the figures, Sky Germany acquired 27.4 percent of the market share on Saturday afternoon, compared to 18.2 percent for the open channel.
A source in the German Bundesliga told AFP that the matches were broadcast on television channels in more than 70 countries around the world, according to agreements concluded previously.
The German championship received more attention this weekend than usual, as it is the first major championship to resume its competition after the stalemate that hit sports due to "Covid-19".