France Télévisions will once again broadcast the MotoGP race live and unencrypted on May 21, after a first attempt last year which allowed 789 viewers to follow the event.
This figure was excellent for motorcycling as a whole, but average in terms of television viewership. At the time, certain professionals such as the influential toutatele.com headlined “ French Motorcycle Grand Prix: disappointing audiences on France 3 » explaining that “ The audience share reached 6,7% among the entire public aged 4 and over. France 3 was beaten by TF1, France 2 and M6. Only 254 viewers separated France 000 from the D3 TV film ».
But the management of France Télévisions believes in it, and recently during the presentation of the GP in Paris, Laurent-Éric Le Lay, the current sports director of France Télévisions, cheerfully announced an audience of 2016 million for 1,2.
This year, Christian Choupin and Michel Turco will take the air on Sunday May 21 on France 3 at 13:30 p.m., starting by presenting two summaries of the Moto3 and Moto2 Grands Prix. The MotoGP race will then be broadcast in full.
France Télévisions will also follow the entire World Championship on Stade2 and its social networks. Valentino Rossi's presence at Stade2 last year was a great success. Since the start of 2016, the magazine has attracted an average of 1,53 million people every Sunday, or 9,5% (according to ozap.com). France Télévisions now seems determined to promote and support this broadcast: “ All the news from the MotoGP circuit can be followed throughout the 2017 and 2018 seasons, in the various France Télévisions television news and sports magazines, in particular in Stade 2 and Tout le Sport, as well as on the francetvsport website and applications . ».
