DFL domestic rights 2025-2029: single buyers able to acquire rights to all Bundesliga matches

"For the first time since the invitation to tender in 2012, there is no longer a ban on single buyers. Based on its preliminary assessment, the German Federal Cartel Office (competition authority) has decided not to integrate a mandatory no-single-buyer rule into the concept of the media rights invitation to tender. This means that, in principle, it will be possible for one partner to purchase all four Bundesliga pay-TV live packages," announced the DFL on 30/01/2024.

The German Football League's call for tenders for domestic media rights (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol and German-speaking Belgium) for the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga (including the Bundesliga play-offs and the DFL-Supercup, totalling 617 matches) over the 2025-2029 cycle (four seasons), officially launched on 15/01/2024 (document available to download). The auction following receipt of the bids will take place in "mid-April".

In addition to a series of changes to broadcasting (number of cameras, image quality, creation of content dedicated to younger viewers, format optimised…