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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 2000. The first private television station in Austria was Tele Uno which was broadcasting from the tripoint between Italy, Austria and Yugoslavia from the Italian side, however the first regular private television station was ATV.
List of channels
[edit]Public
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Austrian versions of German TV Channels
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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)
Most-viewed channels
[edit]The channels with the largest viewing share in 2024 are:[1]
| Position | Channel | Group | Share of total viewing (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ORF 2 | ORF | 20.9 |
| 2 | ORF 1 | ORF | 10.1 |
| 3 | ServusTV | Red Bull Media House | 5.3 |
| 4 | ZDF | ZDF | 4.6 |
| 5 | RTL | RTL Group | 3.5 |
| 6 | Vox | RTL Group | 3.4 |
| 7 | Das Erste | ARD | 3.2 |
| 8 | ATV | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.5 |
| Puls 4 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.5 | |
| 9 | Sat.1 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.2 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Arbeitsgemeinschaft TELETEST (AGTT) - Marktanteil jährlich" (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Teletest. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
Bibliography
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