DFB-Pokal: Hertha BSC - Dortmund draws 9.1 million viewers on ARD (audience share: 29.6%)

Hertha BSC - Borussia Dortmund (0-3) the second semi-final of the 2015-2016 DFB-Pokal, drew an average of 9.09 million viewers in Germany on the public television channel ARD on Wednesday 20/04/2016 at 20:30 CET.

This figure represented an audience share of 29.6%, 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 2014-2015 final , Borussia Dortmund - VfL Wolfsburg (1-3) which drew an average audience of 11.97 million viewers on ARD on 30/05/2015. In addition, an average of 210,000 viewers watched Hertha BSC - Borussia Dortmund on the pay-TV channel Sky Deutschland.

The other semi-final, FC Bayern Munich - SV Werder Bremen (2-0), drew an average of 8.94 million viewers in Germany on the public channel ARD and 330,000 on Sky Deutschland on Tuesday 19/04/2016.

• The final 2016 DFB-Pokal pits rivals FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) and Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) in Berlin, on Saturday 21/05/2016 (20:00 CET).

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