Germany’s top division is available on a number of outlets in the UK including some matches showing free-to-air.
Here FOOTIE ON TV rounds up where to get your fix of Bundesliga action.
Friday nights are FREE!
The Friday night Bundesliga game is FREE-TO-AIR on a number of outlets.
BBC iPlayer/BBC Sport app/BBC Sport online
That’s Football YouTube channel (also offers a separate watch-along stream)
The Overlap YouTube channel
The official Bundesliga YouTube channel.
Saturday tea-times on Sky
The Saturday 5.30pm fixture is live each week on Sky, usually on Sky Sports Football.
Pay-per-view on Amazon Prime Video on Sundays
Amazon are offering Sunday games for a one-off payment of £2.49 per match. Usually, at least two Sunday afternoon games will be available. Some other Sunday evening matches and midweek fixtures will also be available pay-per-view.
Amazon also has the rights to Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 relegation play-offs at the end of the season.
As well as showing the Friday night games, the Bundesliga YouTube channel also screens the competition’s second tier, Bundesliga 2 with matches usually available at 5.30pm on Fridays, 12noon on Saturdays and 12.30pm on Sundays.
The Cup Final is at Wembley on Saturday May 17 2025.
Why has the FA Cup Final got a 4.30pm kick-off time?
The kick-off time appears to be a compromise between broadcasters BBC and ITV. It’s reported that the BBC wanted a 3pm kick-off (it’s believed so it could better accommodate coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest which starts later the same night at 8pm) while ITV wanted a 5.30pm start as it would be better to attract advertisers. Although traditionalists favour the 3pm start, later kick-off times generally attract a bigger TV audience.
What time does FA Cup coverage start on TV?
ITV 1 will be on air from 3pm, BBC One from 3.25pm. ITV’s coverage is also streaming on ITVX and the BBC’s on the iPlayer.
Who’s presenting coverage?
Gary Lineker will host the BBC coverage, Mark Pougatch will anchor ITV’s.
Who are the FA Cup Final pundits and commentators?
BBC’s coverage will include Wayne Rooney and Micah Richards as pundits and the commentary will come from Guy Mowbray with Alan Shearer alongside him. BBC Radio 5Live’s commentary will be available on the red button and iPlayer too.
ITV’s line-up of pundits include Roy Keane, Ian Wright and Joleon Lescott. Karen Carney will be pitchside with Laura Woods. Match commentary will be from Sam Matterface alongside Lee Dixon and Ally McCoist.
What’s happening with FA Cup TV coverage from next season?
There are big changes coming to FA Cup coverage next season. TNT Sports has agreed an exclusive deal with the Football Association which will see more games shown on TV than ever before – TNT has pledged to screen every game outside the 3pm Saturday ‘blackout’ period. However, the BBC has struck an agreement with TNT to show 14 matches each season – two games from each round through to the quarter-finals as well as showing one semi-final and the final. The BBC games will also be on TNT. The final has to be made free-to-air under UK broadcast legislation as one of sport’s “protected” events.
ITV – who currently share the rights with the BBC – will have no FA Cup games from next season.
PREMIER LEAGUE TV RIGHTS FROM 2025-26 SEASON FOR FOUR YEARS
SKY SPORTS
At least 215 games each season
ALL first pick matches each weekend
Games at 8pm Friday and Monday (including more than previously), Saturdays 5.30pm, Sundays at 2pm and 4.30pm
ALL games rescheduled to 2pm on Sundays due to European midweeks – Sky will show multiple matches at the same time in this slot.
EVERY game from three midweek rounds of games (Midweeks of December 3/December 30/January 7)
ALL ten final day matches for the first time.
“Most of the festive fixtures” with Boxing Day Premier League action returning to Sky – it’s thought Sky will show 9 of the ten Boxing Day games, with TNT the other game).
Highlights-wise Sky will again be able to show mini YouTube and in-app highlights packages from 5.15pm on a Saturday.
TNT SPORTS
52 live games a season
Saturday 12.30pm kick-offs
EVERY game from two entire midweek fixture rounds (Midweeks of February 11/March 4)
BBC SPORT
FREE-TO-AIR highlights through Match of the Day
Extra digital rights for BBC online platforms including mini highlights packages on BBC iPlayer from 8pm on a Saturday night (see more details HERE.
PREMIER LEAGUE TV GAMES ANNOUNCED SO FAR –SEE HERE
THE new season sees the start of a new multi-billion pound Premier League TV rights deal with 100 extra games a year being shown by Sky alone.
Under the four-year agreement, Sky will show at least 215 matches a season including for the first time all games rescheduled to 2pm on a Sunday due to clubs’ European commitments. Sky say when there are four or more Sunday 2pm kick-offs they’ll offer a new MultiView programme to follow all matches in one places.
It means 80 per cent of the live televised games will be on Sky, the other 20 per cent on TNT. Sky’s previous deal allowed them to show 128 matches live so the new season’s changes are significant.
The new contract, which starts in August, gives Sky all first-pick matches and means they retain their Friday and Monday night 8pm games, Saturday 5.30pm and the big Super Sunday 4.30pm and 2pm matches.
In addition to the rescheduled Sunday 2pm matches, they’ve added three midweek rounds, some Boxing Day games.
And for the first time all TEN final day games will be shown live on Sky Sports at the same time.
TNT Sports has retained its Saturday 12.30pm games and will show a total of 52 matches a season including some midweek rounds.
DATES WHEN PREMIER LEAGUE TV GAMES ANNOUNCED –SEE HERE
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Some fans had been concerned it will mean fixtures moved to accommodate TV games, but in reality while there will be some extra Monday and Friday TV games, the majority of the extra games being televised are either midweek, bank holiday or the games displaced to Sunday due to European commitments.
Match of the Day is secure as the home of FREE-TO-AIR highlights with the BBC retaining that package as well as adding extra digital rights for its online platforms. This will mean mini-highlights packages will be available from 8pm on a Saturday night on BBC iPlayer for the first time – SEE MORE
The record-breaking deal is worth £6.7billion and has been described by the Premier League as the “largest sports media rights deal ever concluded in the UK”.
Amazon Prime Video – which has been showing two entire fixture rounds of 20 games a season – has lost rights to all its games.
As well as more live games this season, the Premier League has agreed to some other changes including substitutes being interviewed by Sky and TNT after they’ve come off, camera operators allowed to enter the field of play after goals have been scored to film celebrations close-up and dressing room cameras.
