the final ceremony that brought together 7.7 million viewers – Libération

2024-09-09 08:41:23

In total, 7.7 million people are in front of their screens to see the end of the Paris Games 2024, this Sunday September 8, 2024 on France 2. According to figures from Médiamétrie, this corresponds to a 37.7% audience share.

The final gong of the Paris 2024 Games went out on Sunday at the Stade de France. The closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games attracted 7.7 million viewers, on average in the evening, or an audience share of 37.7%, according to figures from Mediametry published on Monday, September 9. Broadcast from 8:30 p.m. to 11:05 p.m. on France 2, the event sees the athletes for the last time in front of the public, before they are proud of the music electronic, with 24 DJs including big names like Jean-Michel Jarre. , Etienne de Crécy or Martin Solveig.

For comparison, the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games on August 28 was watched by 10.2 million people, with the highest audience share: 52.3%. Regarding the Olympic Games, the opening and closing ceremonies attracted 23.2 and 17.1 million live viewers respectively.

The Paris 2024 process, from July 26 to September 8, will have gained a strong audience for France Télévisions, the official broadcaster. According to information from Release iton average, each French person watches the Olympics for 7 hours. The first channel of the general group, France 2, was the first in France in August, ahead of TF1, with a share of 23.3% of the audience every month, according to figures from Médiamétrie published on September 2.

In general, the Paralympic Games benefit from unprecedented exposure on France Télévisions, with 300 hours of live broadcasting, compared to 100 for the previous edition, in Tokyo in 2021, and less than 10 hours for London in the year 2012. Follow-up study in Los Angeles in 2028.