beIN Sports netted nearly 1.5 million watchers with its coverage of the latest iteration of El Clasico.
The international sports network counted 1.486 million watchers on its English- and Spanish-language networks with its presentation of Read Madrid's 3-1 win over FC Barcelona on Oct. 25, according to Nielsen Media Research.
With 823,000 viewers on its Spanish-language service, beIN scored the most-watched soccer telecast of the day, week and month of October and season to date among Latino viewers, according to network officials.
Moreover, the 663,000 watchers represented the largest soccer audience among English-language networks for the week.
“The appetite for world class soccer continues to grow and nothing demonstrates this better than the viewership numbers for El Clasico. The beIN SPORTS family of networks aims to give sports fans the best international sporting events available on television and our live streaming platform,” said Yousef Al-Obaidliy, deputy CEO of beIN Media Group. “After closing out the week with impressive viewership numbers, we want to continue to provide our fans with the best in soccer, wherever they prefer to watch it, and in their preferred language.”
