DFB-Pokal: after ARD and Sky, ZDF and RTL awarded domestic TV rights (2026-2030)

News Tank Football - Paris - News #411333 - Published on 12/09/25 at 16:55
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VfB Stuttgart, 2024-25 DFB-Pokal winners - ©  DFB / N. Florow

German public broadcaster ZDF has extended its free-to-air domestic broadcasting rights to the DFB-Pokal for the 2026-2030 cycle (four seasons), while the private free-to-air broadcaster RTL Deutschland has acquired them for the same period, announced the Deutscher Fussball Bund on 12/09/2025.

The public broadcaster ARD and the pay-TV operator...

©  DFB / N. Florow
VfB Stuttgart, 2024-25 DFB-Pokal winners - ©  DFB / N. Florow

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