- The streaming entertainment company premiered the documentary series on FC Barcelona for Latin America and Canada on 29 January.
- The program, which shows the daily life of Barca stars on a match day, has been among the most watched in most countries.
The premiere of the documentary series ‘Matchday’ on Netflix has been a success in the American countries where the world’s leading streaming entertainment company premiered it on Wednesday, April 29.
Thanks to a new alliance between Barça and Netflix, fans from Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay, among other countries, are enjoying the ‘Matchday’ series of eight 45-minute episodes created by Barça Studios.
The production focuses on eight key matches played by FC Barcelona during the 2018/2019 season.
For the first time, television cameras had unprecedented access to the first team locker room to record everyday moments in the lives of players such as:
- Leo Messi
- Luis Suárez
- Marc-André ter Stegen
- Gerard Piqué
- Arthur Melo and
- Arturo Vidal, including images never seen before
AMONG THE MOST VIEWED
Acceptance among Netflix users has been enormous and in recent days it has been registered as the program was ranked as the most watched in El Salvador, second in Peru and Honduras, third in Colombia, fourth in Argentina or fifth in Venezuela.
‘Matchday’ was released on November 29 in Japan and Europe on Rakuten TV, the video-on-demand service that also has broadcast rights in Asia-Pacific (APAC) and the United States.
FC Barcelona reserved the broadcasting rights in Latin America and Canada, where it was released six months later, as well as for Africa and the Middle East.
‘Matchday’ was produced, together with Kosmos Studios and Producciones del Barrio, by Barça Studios, which currently centralizes all the creation, production and marketing of FC Barcelona audiovisual content and is already working on the second season of the series.
Netflix is the leading streaming entertainment service in the world, with a presence in more than 190 countries and with more than 183 million subscribers.
