Overview
- The free-to-air talk show “Guten Abend Football” will be hosted by Jan Stecker with experts Patrick Esume and Björn Werner providing 45 minutes of analysis each Sunday before kickoff.
- Each week, RTL will air two live games in primetime at 19:00 and 22:00 alternating between RTL and NITRO plus a third game at 19:00 on RTL+ preceded by its own 18:45 pre-show.
- On September 7, NITRO kicks off with the Las Vegas Raiders at New England Patriots at 19:00 followed by the San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks at 22:05 alongside RTL+ streaming the Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns at 19:00.
- RTL+’s paid service will feature commentary from Mika Kaul, Frederick Schulz, Adrian Franke, Tobias Budde and Christian Schulz with Markus Kuhn and Sebastian Vollmer reporting live from U.S. stadiums.
- RTL will air the season opener between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys free-to-air on Thursday at 01:40 (kickoff at 02:20) as part of its cross-platform strategy to cement leadership in German NFL broadcasting.