Football fever on May 3: promotion and games on live TV!

Football fever on May 3: promotion and games on live TV!

On May 3, 2025, FC Bayern Munich will play in the Bundesliga against RB Leipzig and offers football fans exciting live action. For today, there is a comprehensive program of football broadcasts in Germany that covers both free TV and paid options to reach fans. The SWP informs about the current transmission options.

In free TV, the game between 1. FC Köln and SSV Jahn Regensburg will be broadcast on Sport1 from 8:30 p.m., while Bayerische Rundfunk (BR) shows a game of the 3. League between TSV 1860 Munich and Rot-Weiss Essen. In addition, games 1. FC Saarbrücken against SC Verl can be seen in the SWR/SR at 2:00 p.m.

Pay TV offers and streaming services

For fans who want detailed game reporting, Sky Sport offers a variety of transmissions. The live broadcast of the U19 DFB youth league game between FC Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg begins from 11:00 a.m. by several games in the 2nd Bundesliga at 1:00 p.m. The main game of the day, the Bundesliga game between RB Leipzig and FC Bayern Munich, is broadcast live at 3:30 p.m. The Sky offer is rounded off with another Bundesliga game at 6:30 p.m., where Borussia Dortmund meets VfL Wolfsburg, and the Cologne duel at 8:30 p.m.

DAZN and Magenta Sport also offer a wide range of football broadcasts, including games of the women's Bundesliga and various international football events. For example, DAZN shows the women's Bundesliga game between Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig at 12:00 p.m.

future media rights in football

From the 2025/26 to 2028/29 season, there are fundamental changes in the broadcast of football games in Germany. Kicker reports of new media rights that will be available to television viewers. Sky remains the main actor for the transmission of almost 80% of all Bundesliga games live and exclusive, including all individual games on Friday and Saturday. The Saturday conference and all individual games will be broadcast on Sunday.

In Free TV, Sat.1 now has the right to show nine games per season live, including the season opening and relegation games. RTL receives the new live rights for the top game of the 2nd Bundesliga and the pay rights for highlights. The media companies ARD and ZDF also draw attention to the broadcasts of the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga with their highlight rights. The DFB Cup games are still broadcast by ARD and ZDF, while RTL shows one game from the Europa League or the Conference League per game day.

The German Football League (DFL) generated income of EUR 1.121 billion per season for these new rights, which underlines the position of the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga as the second strongest national media contracts in football. DFL managing director Steffen Merkel emphasizes the unbroken popularity of German professional football.