European football championship
EM 2021 in live stream and TV: Not all games can be seen for free
The Munich Allianz Arena is one of the eleven venues for the 2021 European Championship. On June 15, 2021, the match between Group F, France and Germany will take place in this stadium.
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Who will show the matches of the EM 2021 live on TV and as a live stream? The broadcasters ARD, ZDF and MagentaTV share the rights to the European championship. Here is an overview of where which games can be seen:
The time has finally come: one year late, the European Football Championship will take place on June 11th. Due to the corona pandemic, the tournament originally planned for 2020 had to be postponed by a year. Now Euro 2020 (yes, it will still be officially called that in 2021) will take place at eleven different locations in Europe – three broadcasters have secured the rights to the live broadcast.
Euro 2020: Streaming or Live TV?
The games of the EM 2021 and Euro 2020 can all be streamed live via TV or a computer. However, not all Euro 2020 games will be broadcast free of charge on public TV channels. In addition to ARD and ZDF, Telekom’s paid streaming service MagentaTV has also secured the rights to broadcast the 51 games.
Deutsche Telekom is broadcasting Euro 2020 on MagentaTV – but why?
Telekom is the only broadcaster to broadcast all 51 European Championship matches live as a stream through its MagentaTV service. Telekom even secured exclusive broadcasting rights for ten encounters – including, for example, the one on June 23. The game taking place between France and Portugal, which is only broadcast on Magenta TV.
ARD and ZDF actually had the exclusive rights for the postponed EM from last year. However, the public broadcasters decided to also include MagentaTV via a sub-license and in return secured a license for the home EM 2024.
Watch the European Championship 2021 for free
Many streaming providers offer a free trial month. If you think you can stream EURO 2021 in this way at no cost, you will unfortunately be disappointed. At MagentaTV there is no option for a free trial month during the European Championship.
However, 41 out of 51 European Championship games are broadcast on public television. ARD begins with the opening game in Rome and shows a total of 21 games. ZDF broadcasts 20 EURO 2020 matches and ends the tournament with the final in London. All games of the German national team run freely on the first and second German television. The kick-off times for the European Championship group games are daily at 3 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
