France Télévisions in top form. The public broadcaster of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games achieved a historic first week by attracting 49 million French people on its antennas and platforms. A historic record for the first week of competition since the Turin Games in 2006 ", the statement released on Monday emphasizes. France 2 is the first national channel since the start of these Olympic Games with an average of 18,4% market share.
The group listed its biggest audience peaksBiathlon logically takes the lion's share: 5,8 million viewers tuned in for the mixed relay 5,4 million for the women's pursuit; 4,8 million for the women's sprint. However, the gold medal goes to the figure skating evening, which saw Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry take the title, with a peak of 6 million viewersThe men's cross-country skiing relay also drew a large audience, peaking at 5 million viewers. An added advantage for the second week: it coincides with school holidays for two of the three zones of the countrywhereas only zone A was on holiday the previous week.
