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 7, 2026, Riedel Communications and ARRI supported Osterreichischer Rundfunk's (ORF) host broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, marking the first time ARRI Alexa 35 Live cameras served as the complete main camera package for the live production. The broadcast reached over 132 million viewers across more than 35 participating territories. Previously, on June 25, 2026, Big Blue Marble, ORF's technical subsidiary, detailed its role in providing cloud-based live transmission for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna. Engineered by its Professional Services team, this cloud-based infrastructure enabled 1.5 million television viewers and an additional 160,000 online streamers in Austria to watch the semi-finals and final of the contest.
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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, Sennheiser and Atos.
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Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) currently holds 63 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including winter sports, tennis, athletics, ice hockey, triathlon, field hockey, basketball, cycling, multi-sport, volleyball, biathlon, aquatics and swimming, handball, sailing, soccer | association football, beach soccer, motorsports and futsal.
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