More than double viewership from 2017 yesterday’s debate of KINAL

More than 380,000 citizens (specifically 382,434) watched yesterday, Monday, November 29, 2021, the telematch broadcast by ERT for the election of the new leadership of the Movement for Change. A very large number for the data of the Public Television, but also for KINAL, as the average viewership recorded by the whole show was 8.2% and even against the most popular serials of the private channels (“Land of the Olive”, “Sasmos” , “Wild Bees”), raising ERT1 to fourth place in the so-called prime time, surpassing not only OPEN, but even SKAI, according to a press release of the public radio and television.

In order to have an order of magnitude, the corresponding debate of 2017, which was again broadcast by ERT for the election of the first leader of the Movement for Change, had an average viewership of only 3% and was watched by 137,000 citizens.

The journalistic innovations that ERT tried for the first time yesterday also contributed to the increase of the viewership, encouraging a freer dialogue between the fellow candidates.

In fact, according to the detailed data provided by Nielsen for yesterday’s teleconference, after 11:00 pm the viewing of the debate exceeded even 10.5%, while at least for a minute 1,320,342 viewers watched the teleconference.

The male voters showed the greatest interest. It is impressive that in men over 55 the average viewership reached 17.2%.

It is noted, finally, that ERT has already declared its presence to organize and broadcast in the middle of next week and another debate between those who will prevail in the elections on Sunday, December 5, if of course the two presidential candidates agree on its leadership. Movement for Change.