Osterreichischer Rundfunk, also known as the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), is a state-owned entity headquartered in Austria. The organization, a tier 1 media tech buyer, was founded in 1955, employs approximately 1,060 individuals, and reported $1.2B in revenue as of 2024. Functioning as the national public broadcaster of Austria, ORF specializes in broadcast television and radio. It is funded from a combination of television licence fee revenue and limited on-air advertising, establishing itself as a dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media. Historically, Austria was the last country in continental Europe after Albania to allow nationwide private television broadcasting, despite commercial TV channels from neighboring Germany being present in Austria on pay-TV and via terrestrial overspill since the 1980s.
On September 16, 2026, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) presented Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) with the EBU Excellence in Media Award 2026, recognizing advances in live production quality and workflows achieved during the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (ESC) in Vienna. Previously, on August 21, 2026, the Austrian public broadcaster completed the transition to an IP-based media transport network. This move towards a fully digital infrastructure involved a partnership with service provider Big Blue Marble (formerly ORS Group) and utilized Net Insight's Nimbra platform to establish long-distance media networking across ORF’s existing infrastructure, supporting ST 2110 video and audio workflows.
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Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) offers 9 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)'s product portfolio comprises of broadcast television and radio.
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Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)'s revenues were over $1B in 2024. Caretta Research has split Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)'s revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is linear (national channel groups). For full access to Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)'s revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Examples of Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)'s suppliers include NAGRA-Kudelski, Atos and Sennheiser.
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Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) currently holds 64 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including biathlon, soccer | association football, athletics, triathlon, volleyball, cycling, multi-sport, basketball, futsal, field hockey, sailing, ice hockey, tennis, handball, winter sports, beach soccer, motorsports and aquatics and swimming.
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