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Free TV hammer: Champions League final on three channels at the same time - Ex-FCB star replaces Oliver Kahn as an expert

2020-08-23T15:16:21.590Z


Football on free TV is a luxury good, but it could become mass-produced at the final of the Champions League. The ZDF broadcasts with German participation including a new expert.


Football on free TV is a luxury good, but it could become mass-produced at the final of the Champions League. The ZDF broadcasts with German participation including a new expert.

  • ZDF missed out on the rights to the Champions League * - Sky and DAZN secured rights packages.
  • But now there is good news, because the final of the premier class could be broadcast live on ZDF.
  • An ex-Bayern player will replace Oliver Kahn as an expert.

Update from August 20: With the 2-0 win against Lyon, Bayern Munich is in the final of the Champions League. And there is good news for all football fans without pay-TV access: ZDF will broadcast the game live on Sunday. Now the broadcaster has also announced how it will accompany the game. Thus Jochen Breyer as moderator carry out the mission. During the game, Béla Rethy reports from the commentator's desk.

But the expert that ZDF brings into the studio is also of interest to all Bayern fans . After all, Oliver Kahn is no longer available due to his new job at the club. Now ex-FCB player Sandro Wagner will contribute his expertise. So after his surprising end to his career, the first new job for Wagner.

Free TV hammer: Champions League final runs on three channels at the same time

Update of August 20: The FC Bayern has with the 3: 0 win over Lyon again after seven years, the final of the Champions League reaches *, which double for many fans in Germany cause for joy is. After a German team from Munich plays for the European Cup, the game will be free to air on television. So that transmits ZDF the final on Sunday night against Paris Saint-Germain (kick-off 21:00) live and in full length.

Champions League final on free TV: ZDF will continue to show the final

As the State Broadcasting Treaty regulates, a final with German participation must also be made accessible to the general public. The final from the Estadio da Luz will also be broadcast by the pay TV broadcaster Sky * and the streaming provider DAZN.

A week ago, the public broadcaster reached an agreement with the rights holders Sky and DAZN and the European Football Union UEFA . In the future television contract for the premier class, ZDF secured the rights to the finals from 2022 to 2024 , which will also be broadcast on DAZN. The streaming service managed to acquire 121 of 137 games in the Champions League, causing Sky to lose the premier class after the current season.

Champions League final on free TV: live broadcast under special conditions

First report from August 13th:

Mainz - The broadcasting rights for the Champions League * this season are held by the pay-TV channels Sky * and DAZN * - ZDF was left empty-handed. But should a German team make it to the final of the premier class , which is currently being held in the form of a blitz tournament in Portugal *, the game would be broadcast on public radio .

Champions League final on free TV? In Germany only under special conditions

The finals will take place on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at the Estadio da Luz in Benfica Lisbon. If FC Bayern * or RB Leipzig * win their next two games, the program at ZDF has to be rescheduled a little. In this case, the final would be made accessible to the general public due to a legal claim of the public broadcaster.

This claim is regulated in the Interstate Broadcasting Treaty. Events that are “of considerable social importance ”, such as the final of a club competition with German participation, should be accessible to everyone. The rights holders would therefore have to make it possible for the event to be seen “at least in a freely receivable and generally accessible television program”. DAZN, Sky and UEFA reached a mutual agreement with ZDF .

Champions League on ZDF? The broadcaster's sports director keeps his fingers crossed for the German participants

For thousands of fans without a subscription, this would be extremely good news . ZDF sports director Thomas Fuhrmann commented on the decision as follows: “We keep our fingers crossed for Bayern and Leipzig for the final tournament and are happy to be able to offer our viewers top-class live football . A German-German final like 2013 would be great. ”That would mean: FC Bayern versus RB Leipzig.

With German participation, @ZDFsport will broadcast the #UefaChampionsLeague final live on Sunday, August 23, 2020 from Lisbon. https://t.co/DY6rQhWJaL #UCL pic.twitter.com/UDet3TdjOu

- ZDFpresse (@ZDFpresse) August 12, 2020

Champions League final on ZDF? Exciting quarter-finals of the Bundesliga clubs are coming up

In the case of a final without German participation, the usual pay TV channels would broadcast the final. The Bayern can come up with a win against Barcelona in the semi-final play and are given the title lost battle of the Catalans in the slight favorite role.

RB Leipzig also gets to do with a representative from Spain with Atletico Madrid. Curiously, both teams threw a previous year's finalist out of the competition in the round of 16 . Leipzig beat Tottenham twice without conceding a goal and “Atleti” shocked the Klopp team from Liverpool FC.

In the future, pay TV could even be expanded to include competitions such as the European Championship in 2024, and one broadcaster has particularly distinguished itself in the Champions League rights in recent weeks and months. (ajr)

Source: merkur

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