ORF (broadcaster)

Österreichischer Rundfunk
TypeTelevision and radio network
Country
Austria
AvailabilityAustria; parts of Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland
HeadquartersORF-Zentrum, Hugo-Portisch-Gasse 1, 1136 Wien, Vienna
Key people
Roland Weißmann [de] (Director General)
Launch date
1 August 1955; 69 years ago (1955-08-01)
Former names
Ravag (Radio Verkehrs AG)
Official website
www.orf.at
der.orf.at

Österreichischer Rundfunk (lit.: 'Austrian Broadcasting'; ORF, German: [oːɛʁˈɛf] ) is an Austrian national public broadcaster. Funded from a combination of television licence fee revenue and limited on-air advertising, ORF is the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media. Austria was the last country in continental Europe after Albania to allow nationwide private television broadcasting, although commercial TV channels from neighbouring Germany have been present in Austria on pay-TV and via terrestrial overspill since the 1980s. [1]

  1. ^ "Austria - Media Landscapes". 27 April 2024.