Euro 2016: 26.57 million viewers watched Germany - Ukraine on ARD (audience share: 68.5%)

The Euro 2016 Group C match, Germany - Ukraine (2-0) at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Lille), drew an average of 26.57 million viewers in Germany on the public channel ARD, on Sunday 12/06/2016 (kick-off at 21:00 CET).

This figure represented an audience share of 68.5%, and enabled ARD to achieve the best performance in the German TV market for prime time on 12/06/2016. This is the best TV audience for an opening match of Germany in the Euro. An average of 22.38 million viewers watched Germany - Portugal (1-0) in Euro 2012, on 09/06/2012.

ARD drew 10.73 million viewers on average for the Poland - Northern Ireland match (1-0, Group C, kick-off at 18:00), for an audience share of 39.7%, and 8.4 million viewers on average for Turkey - Croatia (0-1, Group D, kick-off at 15:00), for an audience share of 44.2%, on 12/06/2016.

15,470,000 viewers in Germany watched France - Romania on ZDF, on 10/06/2016

• France-Romania (2-1, Group A) at the Stade de France (Saint-Denis), drew an average of 15.47 million viewers on…