Record figures for the broadcast of Euro 08

 Swiss television is taking stock of the success of Euro 08: never before has the interest of viewers in a football tournament been as great as in this tournament. The final match last Sunday evening was watched by 1,590,000 people on SF zwei (market share 67.5 percent). On average, almost one million people (986,000, 54.8 percent market share) watched the live broadcasts of the matches on SF. For twelve matches, the average audience was over one million. 87% of viewers who watched the matches in German-speaking Switzerland watched them on SF, while the post-match analyses also generated a great deal of viewer interest, according to a Swiss television communiqué: An average of 638,000 viewers (48.2 percent of the market) watched the analysis by Matthias Hüppi, Alain Sutter, Rainer Maria Salzgeber and their guests.
A telephone survey conducted by Demoscope with a sample of 356 people in German-speaking Switzerland revealed that an estimated 270,000 people watched the final match outside the home on Swiss television. The largest public viewing figure was achieved by the match between Switzerland and Turkey with 350,000 people.
The Austrian broadcaster ORF also received excellent ratings for the final. With an average of 1.8 million viewers and a market share of 62%, the match between Spain and Germany took second place in the ranking of the most-watched Euro matches.