Television in Austria
Television in Austria was introduced in 1956. The country uses DVB-T for broadcasting. Analog television was completely shut down on June 7, 2011. Austrian television was monopolized by government-owned television stations until 1996. The first private television station in Austria is ATV.
List of channels
Public
- ORF eins (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
- Go TV
- Servus TV
- Geo Television (DE)
- Kanal Telemedial (DE)
- Melodie Express (DE)
- Sky Krimi
Non-Commercial
Affiliates of German TV Channels
- ProSieben Austria
- Sat.1 Österreich
- Kabel eins Austria
- MTV Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- Nick Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- RTL2 Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- RTL Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- Viva Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- Vox Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- sixx Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
- Sky Österreich (DE) (only local advertisement-break aways)
- Zee One Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
Local
- Salzburg TV (DE) (Salzburg & Upper Austria)
- 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
The channels with the largest viewing share in 2017 are:[1]
| Position | Channel | Group | Share of total viewing (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ORF 2 | ORF | 20.6 |
| 2 | ORF eins | ORF | 10.8 |
| 3 | RTL | RTL Group | 4.7 |
| 4 | ProSieben | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 4.1 |
| 5 | ZDF | ZDF | 4.1 |
| 6 | Sat.1 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 3.9 |
| 7 | VOX | RTL Group | 3.8 |
| 8 | Das Erste | ARD | 3.1 |
| 9 | Puls 4 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 3.0 |
| 10 | ATV | Tele München Gruppe | 2.6 |
See also
References
- ^ "Marktanteile Sender 2017" (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft TELETEST (AGTT). Retrieved 2018-07-15.