Champions League: 9.37 million viewers in Germany watch Sevilla - Bayern Munich on ZDF (free-TV)

The Sevilla FC (LaLiga Santander) - FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) quarter-final first leg of the 2017-18 Champions League (1-2) drew an average of 9.37 million viewers in Germany, on the public TV channel ZDF, on Tuesday 03/04/2018 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 29.7%.

The German public TV group ZDF broadcasts for free the best match of each day of the Champions League, as well as the final, for the 2015-2018 cycle. ZDF pays around €50m annually.

Sky Deutschland, a German pay-TV group, pays €70m a year according to the German press to broadcast 146 matches per season, including 128 exclusively, for the 2015-2018 cycle.

From 2018-19, there will no longer be Champions League matches broadcast free-to-air in Germany (excluding the final if a German club participates). Sky Deutschland and Perform acquired for Germany and Austria, the broadcasting rights of the Champions League for the 2018-2021 cycle,for all broadcasting platforms, on 13/06/2017. Perform will broadcast matches on its OTT sports platform DAZN.

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