Football fans have to spend even more money in the new Champions League season than in the previous season. In order to have free choice in the three European competitions that start with the group stage this week, even three subscriptions are necessary.
Two subscriptions are required for the premier class. DAZN and Amazon are showing the Champions League for the second year. Amazon customers can watch the top game on Tuesday via the Prime Video offer. This week the game between Borussia Dortmund and FC Sevilla can be followed here (9 p.m.).
DAZN shows all other games. The fee-based Internet provider has purchased a package with a total of 121 live games and shows conferences. On Tuesday, DAZN will show the game between Celtic Glasgow and RB Leipzig (9 p.m.). On Wednesday, the streaming provider will also broadcast the matches between Bayer Leverkusen and FC Porto as well as Tottenham Hotspurs against Eintracht Frankfurt and Viktoria Pilsen against Bayern Munich (9 p.m.).
DAZN has increased the price again for the new season. The streaming service costs EUR 29.99 per month, which is about twice as expensive as last season. If you want to see all the Champions League games, you need the Amazon Prime subscription for 8.99 euros, which was also cheaper in the previous season at 7.99 euros.
Supporters of Leipzig and Leverkusen may be angry at the disregard from online giant Amazon, which does not show their teams’ group stage games. On the other hand, the fans of RB and Bayer can be happy because they only need one subscription for the six live games of their team, at least for the time being.
The range of moving images of the most important club competition on free-to-air television is still scarce. ZDF is allowed to broadcast the final live and also shows highlights. On a total of 14 match days, the second offers summaries on Wednesdays from 11 p.m.
Fans must find out beforehand which pub is broadcasting which games. Sky does not own any rights, but after an agreement with Amazon offers Prime Video’s live games in the sports bars with contracts. Pubs that also want to show their customers the other games need an additional contract with DAZN.
Fans of FC Freiburg, 1. FC Union Berlin and 1. FC Köln do not need Amazon or DAZN. The television home of the Europa League and the Conference League is the RTL Group. The games of the two competitions are shown on RTL, on the niche channel Nitro and on the in-house streaming service RTL.
On the fourth day of the game, SC Freiburg’s game at FC Nantes will be broadcast on RTL from 6.45 p.m. Nitro will broadcast Union Berlin’s home game against Malmö from 9 p.m. From 11 p.m. there will be summaries of the other games. 1. FC Köln fans can watch Effzeh’s Conference League game at Partizan Belgrade on RTL on Thursday. Kick-off is at 6.45 p.m.
RTL has also become more expensive. A subscription to the streaming service for ten months (Season Pass) costs EUR 49.90 after EUR 34.99 in the previous season.
