2018-19 Bundesliga: Bayern Munich-Hoffenheim free in Germany and on pay-TV in the rest of the Top 5

FC Bayern Munich - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, the first game of the 2018-19 Bundesliga season, scheduled at the Allianz Arena (75,000 capacity) on Friday 24/08/2018 (kick-off at 20:30 CET), will be broadcast in Germany on the public-TV channel ZDF and the pay-TV channel Eurosport 2 HD Xtra. The rest of the matches, on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26/08/2018, will be broadcast on the Sky Bundesliga channels of the pay-TV group Sky Deutschland.

• In France, the opening match will be broadcast on the pay-TV channel beIN Sports 2, which also features the VfL Wolfsburg - FC Schalke 04 match (kick-off 15.30) on Saturday 25/08/2018, as well as the two best matches on Sunday 26/08/2018. The beIN Sports MAX channels broadcast the other five games of Matchday 1 of the Bundesliga on Saturday 25/08/2018.

• In the United Kingdom, the British pay-TV group BT Sport will broadcast the opening match of the Bundesliga season on its channel BT Sport 2, as well as the Borussia Mönchengladbach - Bayer 04 Leverkusen match on Saturday 25/08/2018 (kick-off at 18:30) and the two matches on Sunday 26/08/2018.

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