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DFL Finalizes 2025/26 Broadcasting Rights for Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga

The latest rights cycle splits coverage across pay-TV, streaming and free-to-air outlets, requiring fans to juggle multiple platforms to watch all three professional leagues.

Overview

  • Sky retains roughly 80 percent of live Bundesliga matches, including all Friday fixtures and most Saturday individual games, and holds exclusive pay-TV rights to the full 2. Bundesliga via Sky Sport and Sky Go.
  • DAZN will produce and air the traditional Saturday 15:30 Bundesliga Konferenz for the first time and maintain exclusive coverage of all Sunday Bundesliga matches.
  • Sat.1 secures free-to-air rights for selected Bundesliga fixtures—most notably the season opener between Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig on 22 August—alongside the Supercup and relegation matches, with live streams on ran.de.
  • RTL and RTL+ will broadcast the Saturday-evening 2. Bundesliga match in free-TV, carrying 33 live games per season and offering post-match highlight clips.
  • MagentaSport remains the sole platform for all 3. Liga matches, providing live and on-demand coverage of every fixture throughout the season.