Bundesliga 2024/25 live on TV and stream: Who broadcasts which games?

The 24/25 Bundesliga season started on August 23, 2024. Until May 17, 2025, the 18 teams fought for the trophy, places in the EL and CL or to avoid relegation. Will games also be broadcast on free TV? Which pay-TV broadcaster was able to secure the rights for the majority of the teams? And where will the matches be shown in live stream? You can find an overview of the confusion of broadcasters and services that have the various 2024/25 Bundesliga games in their programs here.

Bundesliga 2024/2025 live on Sky, DAZN and Sat.1

The Bundesliga 24/25 schedule reveals it: There will be 15 Bundesliga match days until the winter break on December 23, 2024 – from January 10, 2025, the 16th match day will continue until the season finale on May 17, 2025. As in the official season, the pay-TV provider Heaven and DAZN the broadcasting rights. For individual live games, the free-TV broadcaster Sat.1 Secure licenses.

In principle, the Saturday matches – including the conference of the afternoon matches and the top match on Saturday evening – are broadcast exclusively by Heaven Shown. At the same time, all games can be seen there in the case of an “English week” – match days on which games are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. There is the option of watching the matches in the traditional way on pay TV or in the live stream via Sky Go. Heaven Was able to acquire the rights for most games. Streaming provider DAZN broadcasts – as usual – the Friday evening game as well as the parties on Sunday.

The private broadcaster Sat.1 Has individual Bundesliga games in its program, freely available to all football fans. This includes the season opener, as well as two matches on the 16th and 17th matchdays, as well as the relegation and the Supercup. These parties can also be viewed via live stream. This is possible via ran.de.

Which channel will show which Bundesliga games in the 24/25 season? Here is a brief overview:

• Friday games: DAZN (paid streaming service)
• Saturday games: Sky (fee required, also via Sky Go)
• Sunday games: DAZN
• English weeks: Sky
• Individual games (Opening game, two games on matchday 16, two games on matchday 17, relegation, Supercup): Sat.1 (free, also as livestream)

Broadcast of the Bundesliga 24/25 live on free TV and free via stream

In addition to the few individual games that are Sat.1 The remaining games can only be watched live and in full length with paid subscriptions to Heaven and DAZN be followed.

Summaries and highlights of these games are still available to watch for free. ARD As part of the Sportschau on Saturday evening from 6.30 p.m., summaries of the afternoon’s matches will be shown – as well as the short versions of the Sunday matches on the following evening. ZDF also has the Bundesliga in its program with summaries of all Saturday games from 11 p.m. in the current sports studio. Sports1 Provides summaries of Friday and Saturday’s matches.

Digital highlight clips are also made available by the three channels mentioned on Mondays. These show all of the weekend’s matches.

• ARD: Recaps of Saturday afternoon games on Saturday night, recaps of Sunday games on Sunday night, highlight clips of all games on Monday
• ZDF: Summaries of all Saturday games on Saturday night, highlight clips of all games on Monday
• Sports1: Summaries of Friday and Saturday games, highlight clips of all Monday games

Bundesliga 2024/2025: Matchday broadcast times

Bundesliga match days traditionally take place on the weekend from Friday to Sunday. In exceptional cases, games are also played during the week as part of “English weeks” – namely on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Below you will find an overview of the kick-off times of the various games – the broadcast dates for the Bundesliga 24/25:

• Friday games: 8.30 p.m. (DAZNPlay at Sat.1 and ran.de)
• Saturday games: 3.30 p.m., top game at 6.30 p.m. (Sky, Sky Go)
• Sunday games: 3.30 p.m., 5.30 p.m., 7.30 p.m. (DAZN)
• English weeks: (Sky, Sky Go)