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]
Most-viewed channels
The channels with the largest viewing share in 2024 are:| Position | Channel | Group | Share of total viewing |
| 1 | ORF 2 | ORF | 20.9 |
| 2 | ORF 1 | ORF | 10.1 |
| 3 | ServusTV | Red Bull Media House | 5.3 |
| 4 | ZDF | ZDF | 4.6 |
| 5 | RTL | RTL Group | 3.5 |
| 6 | Vox | RTL Group | 3.4 |
| 7 | Das Erste | ARD | 3.2 |
| 8 | ATV | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.5 |
| 8 | Puls 4 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.5 |
| 9 | Sat.1 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.2 |