2017 Euro U-21: successful broadcast of the semi-finals in the Top 5 European countries

The first semi-final of the 2017 European U-21 championship, England - Germany (2-2, 3-4 on penalties, at Tychy Municipal Stadium, Poland) drew 3.64 million viewers on average in Germany during the first half (audience share: 22%) and 4.61 million viewers on average during the second half (audience share: 20.3%), on the German public TV channel ARD, on Tuesday, 27/06/2017 (kick-off at 18:00 CET). The broadcast drew an audience of 6.86 million viewers on average from 19:55 CET, recording a peak audience of 9.24 million during the penalty shoot-out, on ARD.

The second semi-final, Spain-Italy (3-1, kick-off at 21:00 CET at Henryk-Reyman Stadium in Krakow, Poland), drew 1.08 million viewers on average in Germany on the free-TV channel Sport1. The first half drew 820,000 viewers on average (audience share: 2.8%) and the second half drew 1.37 million veiwers on average (audience share: 5.6%) on Sport1.

• In France, L'Équipe drew 340,000 viewers on average for England - Germany and 490,000 viewers on average for the Spain - Italy semi-final. The free DTT channel recorded a peak audience of…