Basketball finals reach over 300,000 TV viewers

More than 300,000 TV viewers tuned in at some point to TG4’s live weekend coverage of Basketball’s Men’s and Women’s National Cup finals, figures indicate.

Saturday night’s controversial men’s decider between Dublin rivals Templeogue and UCD Marian reached 157,000 people in total and averaged 17,000.

The Sunday evening live broadcast of Glanmire’s bid for five Women’s Cup titles on the bounce against DCU Mercy reached 152,000 people in total, but had a slightly higher average of 20,900.