Germany's World Cup opener against Curaçao draws large TV audience

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2026-06-15

Hamburg (dpa) - More than 23 million people watched Germany's opening match at the World Cup on Sunday on public broadcaster ARD. Ratings firm AGF Videoforschung on Monday said an average of 23.427 million people watched the 7-1 victory over Curaçao on ARD's Das Erste channel, earning a 70.2% market share. The match in Houston was also broadcast by MagentaTV, Deutsche Telekom's TV and streaming platform. The company does not publish viewing figu......

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