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How to watch the Bucs from Europe

TV, streaming and kick-off times for Buccaneers fans in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the rest of Europe.

Every Buccaneers game is watchable from Europe, but not through the same door in every country. Pick your country below. Times on this page are in your own time zone where your browser can tell us, and in UK and Central European time everywhere else.

Checked 6 September 2026. Rights change between seasons.
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United Kingdom and Ireland

Two free games every Sunday, a wider pay-TV slate on Sky, and Game Pass for the rest. The Bucs are on free TV only when their game lands in one of the picked slots.

  • Channel 5 and 5Action (free)
    NFL on 5: two live games every Sunday, a 6pm kick-off on 5Action and a 9pm game on Channel 5, plus the London games, three playoff games and the Super Bowl. A 1pm ET Bucs game fits the 6pm slot when it is picked.
  • Sky Sports NFL
    Dedicated Sky Sports NFL channel from 13 September 2026: more than half of all games live, Sunday double-headers, every night game, NFL RedZone and the playoffs. Needs a Sky Sports or NOW subscription.
  • NFL Game Pass on DAZN
    The only way to see every Buccaneers game live and on demand, with RedZone, NFL Network, replays and condensed games. No blackouts.
  • Virgin Media (Ireland, free)
    At least 22 games a season free-to-air on Virgin Media Television and Virgin Media Play: 18 Sunday night games, three playoff games and the Super Bowl, through 2028. Sky Sports is available in Ireland too.

Only Game Pass guarantees every Bucs game. Free TV and Sky show a Bucs game when it is in a slot they carry, which for a 1pm ET kick-off means the Sunday 6pm window.

Germany, Austria and Switzerland

The best free deal in Europe. RTL shows two Sunday games and, new in 2026, every Thursday, Sunday and Monday night game free-to-air. Sky adds more Sunday games and RedZone; Game Pass covers the rest.

  • RTL (free)
    Two picked games every Sunday at 19:00 and 22:00, plus, for the first time, Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football live and free. All European games, including Munich on 15 November, are on RTL too. RTL+ streams the same and adds one more Sunday 19:00 game.
  • Sky Sport / WOW
    Two extra Sunday games at 19:00 and 22:00, all night games, the Sky NFL Conference and NFL RedZone, via a Sky Sport package or WOW Live-Sport.
  • NFL Game Pass on DAZN
    Every game of the season live and on demand, with RedZone, NFL Network, replays and condensed games. DAZN's pay-TV deal for Germany ended before this season; Game Pass continues separately.

A Bucs game is free on RTL whenever it is a night game or one of the Sunday picks. The Buccaneers hold the NFL's marketing rights for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, which brings events and youth football here, but it does not decide which games are broadcast.

Netherlands and Belgium

Thin on free TV. ESPN in the Netherlands shows a selection of games and the Super Bowl; for every Bucs game you need Game Pass. In Belgium Game Pass is the only option we could confirm.

  • ESPN (Netherlands)
    A selection of live games each week plus the Super Bowl, through Ziggo, KPN, Odido or ESPN's own app. Not every game, so a Bucs game is on only when ESPN picks it.
  • NFL Game Pass on DAZN
    Every game live and on demand, RedZone, NFL Network, replays and condensed games. Sold directly by DAZN in the Netherlands and Belgium.

We found no Belgian broadcaster with NFL rights for 2026. If you know of one, tell us and we will check it.

Everywhere else in Europe

NFL Game Pass on DAZN is sold in more than 200 countries and is the one product that works the same everywhere. NFL+ does not: it is US-only.

  • NFL Game Pass on DAZN
    All 272 regular-season games, the playoffs and the Super Bowl, live and on demand, with RedZone, NFL Network, full replays and 40-minute condensed games. No blackouts outside the US.
  • NFL+
    Not available in Europe. If you see it advertised, it is the US product; international fans are pointed to Game Pass instead.

When the games are on

Most Bucs games kick off in the Sunday early window, which is a comfortable evening in Europe. The night games are the ones that cost you sleep.

WindowEastern TimeUKCentral EuropeThat is
Sunday early1:00 PM6:00 PM7:00 PMSunday evening
Sunday late4:05 / 4:25 PM9:05 / 9:25 PM10:05 / 10:25 PMSunday night
Sunday Night Football8:20 PM1:20 AM2:20 AMMonday, small hours
Monday Night Football8:15 PM1:15 AM2:15 AMTuesday, small hours
Thursday Night Football8:15 PM1:15 AM2:15 AMFriday, small hours

One exception: Europe moves its clocks on 25 October 2026, the United States a week later on 1 November. In that week every kick-off is an hour earlier for you than the table says. The full schedule has every game in your own time zone, and the season calendar file puts them in your phone.

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