AP Breaks A Million TV Viewers On First Weekend

The Aviva Premiership kicked off with a record-breaking weekend on television. For the first time in the history of the competition more than one million people watched the opening round in the UK and Ireland on both BT Sport and ITV Sport. 1.057 million people watched the AP on the first weekend on BT Sport and ITV Sport - the best television audience for an opening weekend, beating 861,000 in 2014. Gloucester v Leicester Tigers match which achieved a peak audience of 257,000 on BT Sport, the most ever for a Friday night fixture. The competition was also broadcast live on NBC in America for t…