Football FTA Channels

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German commercial broadcaster RTL and pay-television Sky Germany have secured two remaining packages of Germany's top tier football leagues for the next four years.

According to Bild, German public broadcaster ARD and pay-TV Sky Deutschland have retained the broadcast rights to the DFB-Pokal, Germany’s national knockout soccer cup, from the 2016/17 season. 

Bundesliga satellite TV schedule

The competition was founded in 1935, then called Tschammer-Pokal. The first titleholder were 1. FC Nuremberg. Bayern Munich have won the most titles (17) while Fortuna Düsseldorf hold the record for most consecutive tournament wins (18) between 1978 and 1981, taking the cup in 1979 and 1980.

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German public-service broadcaster ARD has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal for German club football’s knockout competition, better known as DFB-Pokal.

The agreement with the German Football Association (DFB) covers the 2016-17 to 2018-19 seasons and follows a tender process that opened in August.

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After 3 succesful years, German commercial broadcaster RTL has extended the rights for German national football team qualifiers ahead of the Uefa Euro 2020 and Fifa 2022 World Cup tournaments.

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Euro 2016 broadcasters and FTA free-to-air satellite TV channels

Great news for the football fans in Germany, all matches will be transmitted free-to-air (FTA). For the first time in its history, German commercial broadcaster Sat.1, will show games of a UEFA European Football Championship live.

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Bundesliga satellite TV schedule

Sportschau is a German sport magazine on broadcaster ARD, produced by WDR in Cologne. 

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Copa America Livestream and satellite TV schedule

The Copa América Centenario is a scheduled international men's association football tournament due to be held for the first time in 100 year history in United States between 3rd and 26th June.

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The Football Association in England has renewed domestic rights deals for the FA Cup knockout club competition with public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, from 2018-19 to 2020-21.

Are you ready for 147th edition of Ruhr derby? Both Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 will be missing some of the key players this Sunday, but we are sure that it will be a great match again!

Borussia Dortmund v Schalke satellite TV schedule

Schalke have the better history in the 146 derbies to date, with 58 wins to Dortmund's 50, but Breitenreiter's men have collected just four points from their last four Bundesliga matches and this is the last chance to get season back to track.

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You are looking for free football available on satellite TV in UK? In this blog post we will bring you a full overview of FTA (free-to-air) football satellite TV channels and their providers in UK available via Astra 28.2E° satellite position.

Football satellite TV schedule

Among all sports in Turkey, football is definitely the most popular one. Football has seen rapid transformation after winning a 3rd place in 2002 FIFA World Cup. Most successful and popular teams in last years are Besiktas, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray, all based in Istanbul. 

UEFA Champions Leagua satellite TV schedule 

Austria 

ORF has secured three years TV rights for UEFA Champions League in Austria until 2018 and will show a freely elected Wednesday match live.

In the case that Austrian team reach the group stage, ORF will show any match of that team live. The rights cover all platforms: TV, internet and radio.

ORF 2, having Champions League live and free, is available via DVB-T in Austria, in Germany near the Austrian border and in parts of Munich.

Unlike the German TV stations (which are generally available free-to-air), ORF 1 and ORF 2 are encrypted over satellite on Astra 19.2°E satellite position.

SkyDeutschland will screen all games of the UEFA Champions League live on pay-TV in Austria until 2018.

The Sky agreement with UEFA Champions League contains 146 matches per season, of which 132 exlusively.

Subscribers are available to watch all the games individually or as a multi-match conference.

The channels that make up the Sky package broadcast from the Astra 19.2°E satellite position in Germany and Austria, using the Astra 1H, Astra 1L, and Astra 1M satellites. 

Football live on satellite TV today

In this blog post we will provide a list of FTA television broadcasters covering the UEFA Champions League, European football's top level competition. All matches kick-off at 20:45 Central European Time (CET), with the exception of matches held in Russia and Kazakhstan.

La Liga satellite TV coverage in Spain

Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica and the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP), have announced a landmark €600 million broadcast rights deal and they will have ability to show every teams matches in the spanish top two divisions.

La Liga satellite TV schedule

For the first time broadcasting rights in Spain have been negotiated collectively. Previously, clubs were free to market their own rights, which presented a significant imbalance between the top two – Real Madrid and Barcelona – and the rest of La Liga and the Segunda División. Collective rights negotiations are standard across most of Europe, but had previously been blocked in Spain by those two clubs.

The deal covers the 2015/16 season only, but amount of €600 million is even not significant comparing it with the recent TV rights deal for the English Premier League.

It’s “El Clasico” time again!

From first ever El Clasico in May 1902, FC Barcelona has the upper hand boasting 108 wins to Real Madrid’s 96.

Other than the UEFA Champions league final, it is the most followed club football match in the world, watched by hundreds millions of people worldwide.

Football live on satellite TV today

The television coverage of the UEFA Europa League season will be available to watch across Europe and throughout the world thanks to UEFA's official broadcast partners. 

A wide variety of viewing options will be available to fans as broadcast packages include both live and delayed matches as well as comprehensive highlights and digital coverage.

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