ORF (broadcaster)
ORF-Zentrum Küniglberg (headquarters), designed by Roland Rainer and constructed from 1968 to 1975 | |
| Type | Television and radio network |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Availability | Austria; parts of Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland |
| Headquarters | ORF-Zentrum, Hugo-Portisch-Gasse 1, 1136 Wien, Vienna |
Key people | Roland Weißmann (Director General) |
Launch date | 1 August 1955 |
Former names | Ravag (Radio Verkehrs AG) |
Official website | www der |
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF [oːɛʁˈɛf] ⓘ; German pronunciation: [ˌøːstəʁaɪçɪʃɐ ˈʁʊntfʊŋk], lit. 'Austrian broadcasting') is the national public broadcaster of Austria. 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.