Television in Austria


Television in Austria was introduced in 1955. The country uses DVB-T for broadcasting. Analog television was completely shut down on 7 June 2011. Austrian television was monopolised by public broadcasting television stations until 2000. The first private television station in Austria was Tele Uno which was broadcasting from the tripoint between Italy, Austria and Yugoslavia from the Italian side, however the first regular private television station was ATV.

List of channels

Public

  • ORF 1
  • ORF 2
  • ORF 2 Europe
  • ORF III
  • ORF Sport +
  • 3sat - public channel in association with ORF, ARD, ZDF and SRF

    Commercial

  • ATV
  • ATV II
  • Puls 4
  • Puls 24
  • Servus TV
  • Geo Television
  • Kanal Telemedial
  • Melodie Express
  • Sky Krimi
  • Canal+ Action

    Non-Commercial

  • Okto
  • FS1
  • dorf

    Austrian versions of German TV Channels

  • ProSieben Austria
  • Sat.1 Österreich
  • Kabel eins Austria
  • MTV Austria
  • Nick Austria
  • RTL2 Austria
  • RTL Austria
  • Comedy Central Austria
  • Vox Austria
  • N-tv Österreich
  • RTLup Österreich
  • sixx Austria
  • Sky Österreich

    Local

  • LT1
  • Innsat.TV
  • P3tv
  • Austria24 TV
  • LinzLand TV
  • M4 Mostviertelfernsehen
  • Mühlviertel TV
  • RTS Regionalfernsehen Salzburg
  • RTV Regionalfernsehen OÖ
  • Schau TV
  • Tirol TV
  • W24
  • WT1
  • RE eins
  • Kanal3

    [Pay TV]

  • Sky Austria
  • AustriaSat
  • HD Plus Austria
  • UPC Austria
  • A1 TV

    Most-viewed channels

The channels with the largest viewing share in 2024 are:
PositionChannelGroupShare of
total viewing
1ORF 2ORF20.9
2ORF 1ORF10.1
3ServusTVRed Bull Media House5.3
4ZDFZDF4.6
5RTLRTL Group3.5
6VoxRTL Group3.4
7Das ErsteARD3.2
8ATVProSiebenSat.1 Media2.5
8Puls 4ProSiebenSat.1 Media2.5
9Sat.1ProSiebenSat.1 Media2.2