How to watch the funeral service live on TV

Friends, fans and companions say goodbye to football legend Franz Beckenbauer this Friday. t-online explains how you can follow the memorial service live.

Franz Beckenbauer will be said farewell with a large memorial ceremony on Friday in Munich’s Allianz Arena. The “Emperor” died on January 7th at the age of 78.

Numerous prominent guests are expected

Steinmeier and Söder will give a speech. As did Bayern President Herbert Hainer and honorary president Uli Hoeneß, who was a close companion of Beckenbauer when he was a player and official.

A total of 50,000 people can be there in the FC Bayern stadium and pay their last respects to the “Kaiser”. Admission is free. Beckenbauer’s public farewell can also be seen live on television.

You can watch Beckenbauer’s memorial service live on TV

Several channels will broadcast the funeral service, which begins at 3 p.m., live. The ARD reports on linear TV and in its media library. Esther Sedlaczek moderates the show, which starts at 3 p.m. BR television will broadcast from 2:40 p.m.

The private channels RTL and ntv also broadcast live from the Allianz Arena. Presenter Florian König will lead the RTL special “Farewell to the Emperor – Funeral Service for Franz Beckenbauer” from the German record champions’ stadium from 2:50 p.m. According to the station, Beckenbauer’s former TV companion Günther Jauch is at his side.

Streaming service DAZN and pay TV channel Sky are also showing the memorial service. Sky Sport News begins the broadcast at 2:30 p.m. with a studio talk under the motto “Hello, Franz!”.

You can also be there live at t-online.de – either via stream or via live ticker.

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