Bundesliga to take in €514m in domestic broadcast rights in 2014-15; Bayern to get €37m

Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga (German first and second division) clubs will share €709.5m in broadcast revenues for the 2014-15 season, the German sports newspaper Kicker reported on 24/07/2014. This is €57.1m more than in 2013-14 (€652.4m), an 8.8% increase. The €709.5m in 2014-15 broadcast revenues consist of €642m from domestic TV rights and €67.5m from international revenues.

The 18 Bundesliga clubs will share 80% of the domestic revenues, or approximately €514m. The 20% remaining, or €128m, will be shared by the 2.Bundesliga clubs. The DFL (German football league) adopted a new system for sharing TV rights between the German professional clubs on 28/04/2014 in order to give clubs a better idea of how much they will get at the beginning of each season.

In Germany, only sports rankings determine the share of TV rights attributed to each club. Starting in 2014-15, the allocations will be based on the five previous seasons, based on a formula that includes multiplication by a factor according to the season: five for the previous season, four for the penultimate season, and so on up to…