This is a list of television broadcasters which provide coverage of the Bundesliga, the top-level competition for association football in Germany, as well as the DFL-Supercup. [1]
Day | Pay TV | Free TV |
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Friday and Sunday | DAZN [2] | Sat.1 (3 Friday games only) [2] |
Saturday, Tuesday and Wednesday | Sky Sport Bundesliga [2] | Das Erste (Highlights on Saturdays and Sundays) [2] ZDF (Highlights on Saturdays) [2] |
Country/Region | Broadcaster |
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Brazil | OneFootball (all matches), [3] SporTV, Canal Goat, Nosso Futebol (2 matches per round) [4] TV Cultura, RedeTV!, CazéTV (1 match per round) [5] |
Canada | DAZN [6] |
Caribbean | Flow Sports [7] |
Central America and Mexico | Sky Sports [8] [9] |
Puerto Rico | ABC, ESPN, ESPN+ [10] |
United States | |
South America | ESPN [11] |
Suriname | SCCN |
Territories | Broadcasters |
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Afghanistan | SOLH TV [12] |
Brunei | beIN Sports [12] |
Cambodia | |
Central Asia | Setanta Sports [13] |
China | Migu, CCTV [14] |
Hong Kong | beIN Sports [12] |
Indian subcontinent | Sony Sports Network [15] |
Indonesia | TBA (originally Mola but only broadcast until 2022–23 season) |
Iran | IRIB Varzesh, Perisiana Sports [12] |
Japan | SKY PerfecTV!, [16] Abema [17] |
Laos | beIN Sports [12] |
Macau | Macau Cable TV |
Malaysia | beIN Sports [12] |
Mongolia | Premier Sports |
Pakistan | Ten Sports HD [18] Tapmad (OTT) [19] |
Philippines | TAP DMV, beIN Sports [12] |
Singapore | beIN Sports [12] |
South Korea | CJ ENM (tvN, tvN Sports, TVING) [20] Coupang Play (from 2024/25 season) [21] |
Tajikistan | Football TV, Varzish TV |
Thailand | beIN Sports, [12] PPTV (Selected Matches) [22] |
Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan Sport [12] |
Vietnam | VTVCab [23] |
Country/Region | Broadcaster |
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Albania | SuperSport [24] |
Kosovo | |
Andorra | Movistar Plus+ [25] |
Armenia | Setanta Sports [13] |
Azerbaijan | |
Belarus | |
Belgium | Eleven Sports [26] |
Portugal | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sport Klub [27] |
Croatia | |
Montenegro | |
North Macedonia | |
Serbia | |
Bulgaria | Diema Sport [28] |
Cyprus | Nova Sports |
Czech Republic | Nova Sport |
Slovakia | |
Denmark | Viaplay, [29] Xee |
Estonia | Setanta Sports [13] |
Finland | Viasat Sport |
France | beIN Sports [30] [31] |
Georgia | Setanta Sports [13] |
Greece | Nova Sports [32] |
Hungary | Arena4, Spíler [33] [34] |
Iceland | Viaplay [29] |
Ireland | Sky Sports [35] |
United Kingdom | |
Italy | Sky Sport [36] |
San Marino | |
Latvia | Setanta Sports [13] |
Lithuania | |
Luxembourg | Eleven Sports [26] |
Sky Sport [2] | |
DAZN [2] | |
Malta | Total Sports Network |
Moldova | Setanta Sports [13] |
Netherlands | Viaplay [29] [37] |
Norway | |
Poland | |
Romania | Digi Sport [38] |
Prima Sport | |
Orange Sport [39] | |
Russia | Match TV [40] |
Slovenia | Sport Klub, Šport TV [41] |
Spain | Movistar Plus+ [25] |
Sweden | Viaplay [29] |
Turkey | beIN Sports, [42] Tivibu Spor [43] |
Ukraine | Setanta Sports [13] |
Country | Broadcasters |
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Israel | Sport1 |
MENA | beIN Sports [30] |
Country/Region | Broadcaster |
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Australia | beIN Sports [30] |
New Zealand | |
Pacific Islands | Digicel [44] |
Country/Region | Broadcaster |
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Ghana | GTV [45] |
South Africa | SABC, [46] StarSat [47] |
Sub-Saharan Africa | StarTimes, [48] Canal+ Afrique, [49] New World TV [50] |
Eastern Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda & Malawi) | Azam TV [51] |
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