Germany: Deutsche Telekom scores BCL rights
September 25, 2026



Deutsche Telekom has acquired exclusive rights to the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the highest sporting qualification-based club competition of the World Basketball Federation FIBA. Games will air on MagentaSport.

Dorothea Jacob, Vice President Proposition & Content MagentaTV, commented: “MagentaSport remains home of basketball. After the extension of our cooperation with the German Basketball Federation, we set the next strong sign as an innovative companion of the sport to make basketball even more popular and visible. And of course, together with all basketball fans, we are keeping our fingers crossed for our German teams for a successful season on a European floor.”


BCL CEO Patrick Comninos, added: “We are very pleased to welcome MagentaSport as the exclusive home of the Basketball Champions League in Germany. Germany is one of the leading basketball markets in Europe. With four German clubs competing this season, as well as the excellent reach and coverage of MagentaSport, we look forward to bringing the Basketball Champions League even closer to the fans across the country and presenting the excitement and high sporting quality of our competition to an even wider audience.”

MagentaSport shows with the start of the BCL season 2026/27 on October6th. Covergae will include all matches of the German champions ALBA Berlin, the cup winner BMA365 Bamberg Baskets, of the Champions League winner 2023 Telekom Baskets Bonn and RASTA Vechta, who have secured the last ticket in the qualification, live and exclusively. From the quarter-finals onwards, all matches can also be seen live and exclusively on MagentaSport, including the ‘Final Four’ tournament with the semi-finals and the final as the crowning conclusion of the new season. In total, MagentaSport offers basketball fans up to 64 matches live in the new season of the Basketball Champions League, of which highlights are also offered. All encounters of the German teams and the ‘Final Four’ will feature German commentary.