Television in Austria was introduced in 1955. The country uses DVB-T for broadcasting. Analog television was completely shut down on 7 June 2011. Austrian television was monopolised by public broadcasting television stations until 1997. The first private television station in Austria was ATV.
List of channels
Public
- ORF 1 (also in HD)
- ORF 2 (also in HD)
- ORF 2 Europe
- ORF III
- ORF Sport +
- 3sat - public channel in association with ORF, ARD, ZDF and SRF
Commercial
- ATV
- ATV II (DE)
- Puls 4
- Puls 24 (DE)
- Servus TV
- Geo Television (DE)
- Kanal Telemedial
- Melodie Express (DE)
- Sky Krimi
- Canal+ Action (DE)
Non-Commercial
Austrian versions of German TV Channels
- ProSieben Austria
- Sat.1 Österreich
- Kabel eins Austria
- MTV Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- Nick Austria
- RTL2 Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- RTL Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- Comedy Central Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- Vox Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- N-tv Österreich (only local advertisement-break aways)
- RTLup Österreich (only local advertisement-break aways)
- sixx Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- Sky Österreich (DE) (only local advertisement-break aways)
Local
- LT1 (DE) (Linz)
- Innsat.TV (DE) (Upper Austria)
- P3tv (DE) (St. Pölten)
- Austria24 TV (DE) (regional - Perg)
- LinzLand TV (DE) (Linz-Land)
- M4 Mostviertelfernsehen (DE) (Amstetten)
- Mühlviertel TV (DE) (regional - Freistadt)
- RTS Regionalfernsehen Salzburg (DE) (Salzburg)
- RTV Regionalfernsehen OÖ (DE) (Garsten)
- Schau TV (DE) (Vienna, Burgenland, & Lower Austria; eventually Centrope)
- Tirol TV (DE) (Innsbruck, Tyrol)
- W24 (DE) (Vienna)
- WT1 (DE) (regional - Wels)
- RE eins (DE) (Reutte District)
- Kanal3 (DE) (West Styria - West, West & Graz, Mur-Mürztal regional, & Mur-Mürztal regional cable)
Pay TV
Most-viewed channels
The channels with the largest viewing share in 2023 are:
| Position | Channel | Group | Share of total viewing (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ORF 2 | ORF | 21.0 |
| 2 | ORF 1 | ORF | 9.5 |
| 3 | ZDF | ZDF | 4.6 |
| 4 | ServusTV | Red Bull Media House | 4.3 |
| 5 | Vox | RTL Group | 3.5 |
| 6 | RTL | RTL Group | 3.3 |
| 7 | Das Erste | ARD | 3.2 |
| 8 | ATV | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.8 |
| 9 | Puls 4 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.6 |
| Sat.1 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.6 |
See also
References
- "Arbeitsgemeinschaft TELETEST (AGTT) - Marktanteil jährlich" (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Teletest. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
Bibliography
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