Boulogne, November 29, 2016

NOVEMBER AUDIENCE RATINGS

RECORD MONTH FOR TF1, FRANCE'S LEADING TELEVISION GROUP
STRONGEST YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH IN FRENCH TV MARKET

TF1: Market leader’s share rises to 20.4% and 22.5% among W<50PDM.
Higher month-on-month, though not year-on-year.
Records for movies, news and access prime time.

LCI: Audience share up again to all-time high of 0.6 of a point (+0.2 of a point month-on-month). 0.7% audience share for last week of month, a record weekly audience.
Records for Yves Calvi’s 24h en questions and  LCI Matin with François-Xavier Ménage.

TMC: Best month in 2016 to date.
Leader in DTT with 3.5% audience share.
2nd strongest year-on-year growth in French TV market (share of individuals aged 4+ up 0.6 of a point vs Nov 2015).

NT1: 2.1% audience share, up 0.3 of a point year-on-year.
Leading DTT channel among younger viewers, with 5.5% of 15-24 year-olds.

HD1: 2% share of individuals aged 4+. Channel with strongest year-on-year growth in TV, up 0.8 of a point.
Leader in HD DTT among W<50PDM with 2.5% audience share.

TF1

UNIQUE POSITION AS MARKET LEADER IN TV WITH 20.4% SHARE OF INDIVIDUALS AGED 4+
AND 22.5% OF W<50PDM

Making headlines in all genres:

QU’EST-CE QU’ON A FAIT AU BON DIEU:  Best audience for a movie in 2 years with 10.6 million viewers, 41% audience share and 54% of W<50PDM.
LA MAIN DU MAL: Averaging 5.9 million viewers over two evenings, 23% audience share and 27% of W<50PDM.
MUNCH: The first episode attracted 6.3 million viewers, 25% audience share and 26% of W<50PDM.
NRJ MUSIC AWARDS 2016: The programme pulled in 5.5 million viewers, with  audience share of 29%, or 41% of W<50PDM and 63% of 15-24 year-olds.
Football: Record for a match involving the French national team since June 2014 (excluding Euro 2016 and World Cup), with the France-Sweden match watched by 7.1 million viewers, giving audience shares of 29%, and 43% of males aged 15-49.
 
Records for news programmes :
Lunchtime bulletin: Best month since February with 5.7 million viewers and 41% audience share, peaking at 6.4 million.
Evening bulletin: Best month since January with 6 million viewers and 25% audience share, peaking at 6.9 million.
SEPT A HUIT: Best month since February with 4. 1 million viewers, 20% audience share and 24% of W<50PDM.
REPORTAGES: Best month since February with 3.3 million viewers, 26% audience share and 25% of W<50PDM..
 
Big hitting programmes :
ESPRITS CRIMINELS: First runs attracted 5.6 million viewers, 21% audience share and 29% of W<50PDM.
BLINDSPOT: The season drew 4.3 million viewers, 20% audience share and 29% of W<50PDM.
PROFILAGE: First runs brought in 5.7 million viewers, 24% audience share and 26% of W<50PDM.
KOH-LANTA: Over the month averaged 6.2 million viewers, 26% audience share, 40% of W<50PDM and 41% of 15-24 year-olds.
DANSE AVEC LES STARS: Over the month averaged 4.9 million viewers, 22% audience share, 31% of W<50PDM and 36% of 15-24 year-olds.       
 
Leading weekly access prime-time channel, and rising: +300,000 viewers
4 MARIAGES: Best month in 2016 to date, with 1.6 million viewers, 18% audience share and 25% of W<50PDM.
BIENVENUE CHEZ NOUS: 2.4 million viewers, 18% audience share and 21% of W<50PDM.
BIENVENUE A L’HOTEL: Best month in 2016 to date, with 3 million viewers, 16% audience share and 17% of W<50PDM
 

LCI

ALL-TIME RECORD AND FURTHER GROWTH FOR LCI WITH 0.6% AUDIENCE SHARE
AMONG INDIVIDUALS AGED 4+ (+0.2 of a point vs. October)

N.B.: The month ended with a record week as audience share reached 0.7%.

• New record for 24 Heures en questions presented by Yves Calvi, with up to 320,000 1.8% audience share, peaking at 493,000 .
• LCI Matin presented by François-Xavier Ménage continued its rise since the back-to-school period.
  Record on November 9 with 138,000 viewers and 3.6% audience share.

TMC

RECORD MONTH FOR TMC, MARKET LEADER IN DTT WITH 3.5% AUDIENCE SHARE

• Confirmation of the success of the rebranding of TMC, which has been gaining market share continuously since September and now stands at its highest level for the year.

• Historic records and strongest year-on-year growth among 25-49 year-olds (4.9%), ABC+ viewers (4.7%) and W<50PDM (5.1%).

• Strongest year-on-year growth in French access prime time TV: Quotidien confirmed its success with a record audience of 1.4 million viewers on November 21.

• And strongest year-on-growth in French prime time TV in target advertising groups, in particular very high movie audiences with Moi moche et méchant  2 (Despicable Me 2)1.7 million viewers and Anges et démons (Angels and Demons), 1.4 million viewers, plus 1.1 million viewers for the Jeff Panacloc show.

NT1

MARKET LEADER IN DTT, NO.4 NATIONAL CHANNEL AND STRONGEST GROWTH AMONG 15-24 YEAR-OLDS
WITH 5.5% AUDIENCE SHARE

• Very good figures for Secret Story 10 with up to 1 million prime time viewers on Thursdays for the weekly omnibus and nearly 18% audience share of 15-24 year-olds in access prime time for the daily show.
• The launch of La Villa des cœurs brisés pushed figures to historic levels among young people: nearly 36% of 15-24 year-olds, the no.1 national channel.
• Movies brought the channel its best audience figures: 1.2 million viewers for The Island and 1.1 million for Hotel Transylvania.

HD1

2% AUDIENCE SHARE OF INDIVIDUALS AGED 4+
STRONGEST YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH IN FRENCH TV MARKET, UP 0.8 OF A POINT

• Historic records in target audiences: 2.5% share of W<50PDM and 2.1% of 25-49 year-olds.

• Historic record audiences for HD DTT* with Section de Recherches attracting 1.2 million viewers. HD1 is the only HD DTT channel to have pulled in more than 1 million viewers.

• There was also a record audience for RIS Police Scientifique with 900,000 viewers.

• Very fine figures for movies: Mensonges d'Etat (Body of Lies) 700,000 Bad Boys 600,000.

*Excluding sporting competitions

Sources: Mediamat / Médiamétrie