Uefa, football’s European governing body, has announced that German commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired rights for Uefa Euro 2016 and Fifa 2018 World Cup qualifying matches.
RTL will show live coverage and highlights of all Germany national team qualifying games.
RTL struck the deal with the CAA Eleven agency, which negotiated the agreement on behalf of Uefa.
Other media rights packages, including pay-television rights for live coverage of all European qualifiers, as well as daily highlights, remain for sale in the German market.
“RTL represents an excellent platform for the German national team matches and will provide valuable free-to-air exposure and promotion for the competition,” Uefa said.