DFB-Pokal: Bayern Munich - Werder Bremen draws 9 million viewers on ARD (audience share: 28.7%)

FC Bayern Munich - SV Werder Bremen (2-0), the semi-final of the 2015-16 DFB-Pokal, drew 8.94 million viewers on average in Germany on public TV channel ARD on Tuesday 19/04/2016 (kick-off 20:30 CET).

This figure represented an audience share of 28.7%, and was the best performance of the day in the German TV market. It's the biggest audience recorded for the DFB-Pokal since the 2014-15 final, Borussia Dortmund - VfL Wolfsburg (1-3), which drew an audience of 11.97 million viewers on average on ARD on 30/05/2015.

The 2015-16 VfL Bochum - Bayern Munich (0-3) quarter-final match had drawn 7.3 million viewers on average in Germany on ARD on Wednesday 10/02/2016 (kick-off at 20:30 CET).

• The other semi-final of the 2015-16 DFB-Pokal, Hertha BSC (Bundesliga) - Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga), is Wednesday 20/04/2016 at 20:30 CET.

DFB-Pokal: public group ARD extends its TV rights through 2019

• The German public broadcaster ARD extends its broadcasting rights for the DFB Pokal until 2018-19, announces the German Federation, on 11/03/2016.
• This public channel will broadcast nine…