With the Bundesliga resuming action in just a few days (May 16th), fans around the world are surely looking forward to seeing their favorite teams back on the pitch.
However, due to the spread of COVID-19, which started in Wuhan, China sometime in 2019 and has now since hit every single continent except Antarctica, it will not be "business as usual" once matchday 26 kicks off this weekend. Rather, there will be some stringent rules and regulations applied in order to keep players, staff, and other safe and to avoid the contagion from spreading further.
That includes, of course, fans not being able to go to the stadium, which will have a maximum of 300 people inside. As such, fans will be forced to follow their favorite teams from home, so the burning question is: Which broadcasters will be covering the rest of the 2019/2020 Bundesliga season in my country (or geographic location)?
Another two questions fans may have is: Have any of the broadcasters changed since the Bundesliga went on pause on March 13th? Have any new broadcasters been added?
We have all your answers to those queries below!
For fans living in the United States, there are a plethora of options that are available, and none have changed during the two month pause.
FOX (via its FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, and FOX Sports Plus channels) will continue to provide coverage in both English and Spanish (via Fox Deportes). Live streaming access is available via Fox Sports Match Pass. In addition, Univision has acquired Spanish-language broadcast rights for three games each week through an agreement with FOX.
ESPN+ provides both live streaming and on-demand access for fans, also in English and Spanish via the ESPN App. And finally, there is fuboTV, which live stream Bundesliga matches shown on FOX and Univision in English and Spanish.
For supporters living in Germany, the main providers are still the same, so no worries there. EuroSport, DAZN, and SKY Deutschland will all broadcast matches starting from May 16th. SKY Go will provide live-streaming and DAZN is your place to go for on-demand access.
For viewers in the UK, not to worry, nothing has changed. BT Sport is still your place to go for all your Bundesliga action via its various channels. And if you prefer an on-the-go experience, there is the BT Sport App for live streaming and mobile access.
For supporters residing in Canada, the status quo still remains. SportsNet is set to provide coverage until the end of the 2019/2020 season, while SportsNet Now provides live streaming access of all Bundesliga matches.
Do you call France home? Well, then, beIN Sport is still the place to go for Bundesliga action throughout the rest of this season. Check out beIN Sport Connect for live-streaming and mobile access.
For viewers living in Australia, the options in store include beIN Sports (and beIN Sports Connect for live-streaming access) as well as Kayo Sports (which will offer up to nine games per each matchday).
Moving on to fans who live outside the above mentioned six countries, we have now broken down broadcasters by continent or region. In some cases, specific countries are listed under their respective continents:
Africa
- StarTime will provide TV coverage for most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa; live streaming can be accessed via the StarTime App.
Asia
- China: QQ Sports Live, Star Sports China, PPTV Sports China, CCTV
- Hong Kong: Fox Sports Hong Kong
- India: Star Sports India
- Indonesia: Fox Sports Indonesia, Mola TV
- Japan: DAZN, SKY PerfecTV
- Malaysia: Fox Sports Malaysia
- Singapore: Fox Sports Singapore
- Thailand: Fox Sports Thailand, PPTV
- Other parts of Asia: Fox Sports Asia
Western Europe
- Portugal: Eleven Sports
- Spain: Movistar
- Italy: Sky Italia
- Netherlands: Fox Sports Netherlands
- Norway: Viasat Norway
- Sweden: Viasat Sweden
- Finland: Viasat Finland
- Denmark: Viasat Denmark
- Cyprus: PrimeTel
- Greece: Cosmote TV
- Belgium: Eleven Sport Belgium
- Switzerland: Teleclub Sport
- Malta: TSN Malta
Eastern Europe/Central Asia
- Russia: Match TV
- Poland: Eleven Sports Network Poland, Canal Plus Poland
- Serbia: Euorsport Serbia
- Turkey: Saran Holding
- Ukraine: Futbol TV
- Romania: Digi Sport Romania, Telecom Sport Romania, Look Sport
- Hungary: Sport1
- Azerbaijan: Idman
- Kosovo: K Sport
- Setanta Sports Euro Asia covers several Central and Eastern European countries, including Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Turkmenistan.
Middle East
North America
South America
