Mats Hummels Joins MagentaTV‘s WM 2026 Broadcast Team
NEW โขYORK – Former German nationalโ teamโข defender Mats Hummels is embarking on โaโฃ new career venture as an expert analyst forโ MagentaTV’s coverage of the 2026 FIFAโ World Cup, the streaming platform announced today.โ Hummels joins fellow football โฃpersonalities Thomas โMรผllerโฃ and Jรผrgen Klopp as recent high-profile additions to MagentaTV’s broadcast team.
the moveโข marks aโ notable win for MagentaTV as it builds out its coverage of the tournament, which will be hosted across the United States,โค Canada, andโ Mexico. The platform aims to combine โexpert analysis โคwithโ engaging entertainment, leveraging the outspoken perspectives of its new hires to โdeliver a unique viewing experience for fans. Hummels, who โrecently retired from professional play with AS Roma, previously servedโ as an analyst for Prime Video,โข covering Champions League matches.
“MagentaTV, I already enjoyed โwatching whenโ my brother Jonas was an expert at theโข 2022 World Cup,” Hummels said inโ a statement. “He told me a lot of positive things.I believe, with the whole โคcrew we now โขhave – in New York,โข but alsoโข being on site in the stadiums – it will be really cool. I’m looking forward to the World Cup, I’m looking forward to myโข colleagues. We will make something really good out of it.”
MagentaTV will โbroadcast all 104 matches of the 2026 World Cup, with 44 โgames exclusive to the platform, includingโค two quarterfinal andโ three round-of-16 matches. The tournament is scheduled to run โfrom June 11thโข to July โข19th.
The official โmatch schedule will be finalized on Saturday following the tournament draw, whichโ will beโฃ commented on by Wolff Fuss and Sascha Bandermann, with reporter โขThomas Wagner โconducting interviews. Joining hummels, Mรผller, and โKlopp will be moderator Johannesโ B. โฃKerner andโข commentator Fuss.
