the closing ceremony brought together 7.7 million viewers – Libération

The final gong of the Paris 2024 Games rang out on Sunday at the Stade de France. The closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games attracted 7.7 million viewers, on average over the evening, or an audience share of 37.7%, according to figures from Médiamétrie published this Monday, September 9. Broadcast from 8:30 p.m. to 11:05 p.m. on France 2, the event saw the athletes parade one last time in front of the public, before giving pride of place to electronic music, 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 followed by 10.2 million people, with a higher 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 sequence, from July 26 to September 8, will have earned strong audiences for France Télévisions, the official broadcaster. According to information from Liberationon average, each French person watched the Olympics for 19 hours. The public group’s main channel, France 2, was the first in France in August, ahead of TF1, with 23.3% audience share over the entire month, according to figures from Médiamétrie published on September 2.

Generally speaking, the Paralympic Games benefited from unprecedented exposure on France Télévisions, with 300 hours of live broadcast, compared to 100 for the previous edition, in Tokyo in 2021, and less than 10 hours for London in 2012. Next assessment in Los Angeles in 2028.