To witness the feat of their team guided by Dennis Schroder against the Americans, the Germans had to connect to the Magenta Sport streaming platform. This in fact held the rights in the country for the broadcast of the World Cup.
Although the channel offered national team matches for free, this media coverage raised questions in the country. Because ZDF, the German national broadcaster, only bought the broadcast rights… only for the final of the competition against Serbia.
Enough to make the World Cup MVP react. “ Basketball is such a great sport that I would like people to respect us. During the next European Championship and next year in Paris, I would like every match to be broadcast on television “, the leader is already demanding at a press conference.
Same situation in France
“ When I started ten years ago, of course we had Dirk Nowitzki. But other than him, people didn’t know who was on the team. Today, when we go to the Philippines or Okinawa, everyone knows our team. Germans, too, are beginning to recognize what we do for the country we represent. We also want to be respected », Continues the new Raptors player.
The latter, before this final meeting, had expressed his desire to “ place Germany on the world map “. But his team is faced with the same situation experienced by the France team for years. Please note that mainstream channels do not broadcast the entirety of a competition and prefer to wait for the national team to reach the final rounds before broadcasting.
During this World Cup, for which the broadcasting rights belonged to beIN SPORTS, France Télévisions planned to broadcast the Blues matches from the quarter-finals on France 4, then only the final on France 2 or France 3. It’s the same situation for the French women’s team.
“ As Dennis said, I think our matches should have been broadcast on a television channel (public) normal from the start. I hope from now on they will recognize what type of team we are and how it represents Germany », also hopes Gordon Herbert, the German coach.
