Memorial ceremony for Franz Beckenbauer: schedule, tickets, TV broadcasts

oddsmeter.de January 19, 2024 at 8:30 am Memorial ceremony for Franz Beckenbauer: schedule, tickets, TV broadcasts Franz Beckenbauer's funeral service will take place this Friday (January 19th). You can find out where you can watch the ceremony live on TV or stream here. Football legend Franz Beckenbauer passed away on January 7th, 2024. The sympathy for the death of the football emperor was enormous, after all, the 1974 World Cup captain is considered the best German footballer of all time. Today, Friday, January 19th, a memorial service will take place in the Allianz Arena in Munich, organized by Beckenbauer's hometown club FC Bayern Munich. High-profile guests from politics, culture and sport have been announced, including Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeyer will give a speech. The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and the honorary president of FC Bayern and long-time companion of Beckenbauer, Uli Hoeneß, will also appear as speakers. The funeral service on TV and stream Numerous channels will broadcast the ceremony on Friday afternoon. The broadcasters Das Erste, BR- Fernsehen and the private broadcaster RTL are likely to attract the largest audience, and the RTL news channel ntv will also broadcast the memorial service. DF1 has also announced a live broadcast from the Allianz Arena from 3:00 p.m. The otherwise paid sports streaming service DAZN will broadcast the funeral service free of charge from 3 p.m. The commemoration will be available to all DAZN subscribers as well as via DAZN's new free option in the DAZN app, as well as on the FAST channels DAZN Fast+ and DAZN International Football X Pluto TV as well as the linear TV channel DAZN 2 be seen. "We would like to show Franz Beckenbauer the greatest possible respect for his life's achievements. The Emperor will live on forever in the hearts of all sports fans and in the history of football. As a sports broadcaster, it is an honor to broadcast the memorial service for this unique global football hero and to give him such an honor to be able to say 'Hello' for the last time. His legacy will last forever and inspire future generations," said Alice Mascia, CEO DACH and GROUP CMO at DAZN. In addition, the sports channel Sport1 has also announced special reporting in its program on Friday. A live stream will be available on the website and on YouTube from 1:40 p.m., which will be commented on by Oliver Forster and Steffen Bohleber. Sport1 will also pay tribute to Beckenbauer in the special program “Sport1 News Special – Farewell to Franz Beckenbauer” from 8:15 p.m. with excerpts from the memorial service.