Originally Posted by Jonny_Bentley1:
“453k for Brugge v Man United on BT Sport Europe yesterday but the vast majority I assume watching on BT Sport Showcase which was on freeview so all in all, you'd probably expect close to 2 million viewers combined with a lot of people watching on Showcase.”
Just checked on the Ratings Thread and they are saying on there that the BT Sport Showcase rating didn't make the Digital Top 10 - which implies the Showcase rating is below 401k.
Now I would urge caution here - Showcase is a new channel and I just wonder if it has maybe been omitted from the overnight reporting - so I suspect we'll have to wait and see the official rating.
Sky's Capital One Cup last night got 426k.
Whatever the Showcase rating I suspect it isn't that strong given Sky's Capital One Cup rating and a quick scan on the Ratings Thread shows Bake Off did pretty well so it doesn't look as if "general entertainment" programming has been dented by the Showcase offering.
That said, the BTS Europe rating is 200k lower than the Man U 1st leg so one would think at least some of that has gone over to Showcase - however the Capital One did provide competition and rate pretty well - helped by it being a very exciting game in contrast to the Man U game.