The Bundesliga, Germany's football league, sells cable, satellite and Internet rights separately. And if Germans cannot get live games for free, they simply wait for the highlights.

德甲联盟就将有线电视、卫星电视和网络三种版权分开销售，而且德国人如果看不到免费比赛，就会等待事后的赛事集锦。

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Today the Bundesliga has the highest match attendance statistics of any national football league in the world.

而今，德甲联赛已经是世界上观看比赛人数最多的国家级足球联赛。

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But how is a booming Bundesliga affecting German football further down the feeding chain?

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Under the deal, BT will get ESPN and ESPN America channels, plus ESPN's live sports rights portfolio, which includes the English Football Association Challenge Cup, better known locally as the FA Cup, the Scottish football Premier League, and Germany's top football league, known as the Bundesliga.

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Paolo Guerrero - who was banned for five Bundesliga games on Thursday by the German Football Association for throwing a bottle at a fan at the end of his side's 0-0 draw with Hannover on Sunday - rounded off the scoring in injury time with a finish which went in off the post.

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