Overview
- On Tuesday Amazon published its Prime-exclusive Tuesday fixtures, naming Borussia Dortmund v Villarreal as the season opener and listing three Bayern Munich group games among its allotted matches.
- DAZN will show the remaining 2026/27 group-stage matches and has been assigned specific Borussia Dortmund fixtures such as Bodø/Glimt (14 October), Sabah FK (20 October), Betis Sevilla (4 November), Inter Milan (9 December) and AEK Athens (27 January).
- UEFA confirmed that the longer-term live-rights deal from 2027/28 awards primary distribution in Germany to Paramount+ alongside Amazon while limiting free-to-air access to secondary windows and highlight shows.
- ZDF keeps secondary-window rights and will broadcast the 2026/27 final free-to-air, with German law requiring free-TV transmission if a German club reaches the final.
- The split forces fans to subscribe to multiple services to watch every game — supporters who want to follow Borussia Dortmund’s live matches this season will generally need both Amazon Prime Video and DAZN — and reflects the broader shift of top football coverage from linear TV to streaming.