The board of the German Football Liga (DFL) are gathering in Dortmund today to iron out the TV deal from 2009. Bundesliga games on free TV are on the agenda.
The eleven board members of the DFL meet in Dortmund to discuss the new TV rights, which will take effect from 2009 on.
The main talking point of the day will be DFL president Dr Reinhard Rauball's intention to show 12 Bundesliga games per year live on German terrestrial television, i.e. free of charge.
As other leagues continue to assign games to exclusive - and increasingly expensive - pay TV companies, the Bundesliga is aiming to offer something to ordinary fans who are increasingly being frozen out as football becomes obsessed by money.
The plan is for the games to take place at 8.15pm local time on Saturday nights - and what is more, the league hopes for it to be the 'game of the month' which is shown for free, meaning teams like Bayern, Werder Bremen or Hamburg will be involved.
Including all the pay TV deals also envisaged in the new rights package, Bundesliga clubs hope to net a combined €500m per season more than at present.
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