HBO Max Loses 3.7m Champion League Final Audience to Illegal Stream

TNT Sports loses five million viewers compared to record audience following paywall on Champions League final

TNT Sports lost five million viewers compared to last year's Champions League final following their decision to put the match behind a paywall.The broadcaster held off on calls from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to make the game free to watch, as it has done in the past.Some 12.6 million people tuned in for Liverpool's final against Real Madrid in 2022, when predecessor BT Sport broadcast the game free of charge.The figure is the highest ever …

Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League Soccer Win Generated 16.2 Million Illegal Streams Despite Access on HBO Max

Paris Saint-Germain’s May 30 Champions League penalty-kick soccer win over Arsenal generated 16.2 million illegal stream views across 3.7 million IP addresses, according to new data from Gaming Compliance International. The final was live-streamed on HBO Max to 7 million viewers reaching  25.6% market share, through Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports paid TV network. An … Continue reading "Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League Soccer Win Gener…

HBO Max loses 3.7m Champion League Final audience to illegal stream

The UEFA Champions League Final is reported to have been watched by an illegal streaming audience of 3.7 million in the UK. The figure has been disclosed to UK media by the integrity monitoring services of Gaming Compliance International (GCI), which traced 3.7 million unique IPs that have accessed illegal streams of last Saturday’s final between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal FC. GCI warned that the 3.7 million traced IPs could reflect a total…