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 July 25, 2026, Austrian public broadcaster ORF and its technology subsidiary Big Blue Marble set new streaming records for the FIFA Football World Cup 2026 final, drawing an average audience of 351,000 viewers and reaching peak traffic of 2.5 terabits. This performance surpassed the previous record established during the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. Austria had participated in the World Cup for the first time in 28 years, progressing to the round of 32 before Spain eliminated the team with a 3-0 victory on July 2. Earlier in July, around the 7th and 9th, ORF hosted the 70th Eurovision Song Contest, where it utilized ARRI Alexa 35 Live cameras as the complete main camera package, deploying 24 heads across various positions for what was termed "Cinematic Live Production." Riedel Communications and ARRI supported this broadcast, which reached over 132 million viewers across more than 35 participating territories. Previously, on June 25, Big Blue Marble provided cloud-based live transmission for the Eurovision Song Contest final in Vienna, allowing over 1.5 million TV viewers and approximately 160,000 online streamers in Austria to watch the event.
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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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Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) currently holds 63 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including basketball, cycling, handball, field hockey, tennis, aquatics and swimming, sailing, motorsports, athletics, multi-sport, soccer | association football, biathlon, ice hockey, volleyball, winter sports, triathlon, futsal and beach soccer.
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