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 1997. The first private television station in Austria was ATV.

List of channels

Public

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

Commercial

ATV
ATV II (DE)
Puls 4
Puls 24 (DE)
Servus TV
Geo Television (DE)
Kanal Telemedial (DE)
Melodie Express (DE)
Sky Krimi
Canal+ First

Non-Commercial

Okto (DE)
FS1
dorf (DE)

Austrian versions of German TV Channels

ProSieben Austria
Sat.1 Österreich
Kabel eins Austria
MTV Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
Nick Austria
RTL2 Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
RTL Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
Comedy Central Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
Vox Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
N-tv Österreich (only local advertisement-break aways)
RTLup Österreich (only local advertisement-break aways)
sixx Austria (only local advertisement-break aways)
Sky Österreich (DE) (only local advertisement-break aways)

Local

LT1 (DE) (Linz)
Innsat.TV (DE) (Upper Austria)
P3tv (DE) (St. Pölten)
Austria24 TV (DE) (regional - Perg)
LinzLand TV (DE) (Linz-Land)
M4 Mostviertelfernsehen (DE) (Amstetten)
Mühlviertel TV (DE) (regional - Freistadt)
RTS Regionalfernsehen Salzburg (DE) (Salzburg)
RTV Regionalfernsehen OÖ (DE) (Garsten)
Schau TV (DE) (Vienna, Burgenland, & Lower Austria; eventually Centrope)
Tirol TV (DE) (Innsbruck, Tyrol)
W24 (DE) (Vienna)
WT1 (DE) (regional - Wels)
RE eins (DE) (Reutte District)
Kanal3 (DE) (West Styria - West, West & Graz, Mur-Mürztal regional, & Mur-Mürztal regional cable)

Pay TV

Most-viewed channels

The channels with the largest viewing share in 2023 are:^[1]

Position	Channel	Group	Share of total viewing (%)
1	ORF 2	ORF	21.0
2	ORF 1	ORF	9.5
3	ZDF	ZDF	4.6
4	ServusTV	Red Bull Media House	4.3
5	Vox	RTL Group	3.5
6	RTL	RTL Group	3.3
7	Das Erste	ARD	3.2
8	ATV	ProSiebenSat.1 Media	2.8
9	Puls 4	ProSiebenSat.1 Media	2.6
9	Sat.1	ProSiebenSat.1 Media	2.6