ORF

How Big Blue Marble rolled out Eurovision across Austria

Big Blue Marble's cloud-based workflow helped streamline the distribution of ORF's production to a regional audience of more than 1.5 million

Audio

How Sennheiser called the Eurovision tune

The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest marked both the Eurovision debut and largest deployment to date of Sennheiser's Spectera WMAS solution

Eurovision Song Contest

Rock us, Amadeus

Earlier this week, Matthew Corrigan travelled to Vienna to go behind the scenes and see the build-up to this year's Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

A greener, more cinematic Eurovision

Head technical production manager Claudio Bortoli tells TVBEurope how ORF is using cinematic ARRI Alexa cameras to bring a unique look to Eurovision 2026,...

Business

EBU, broadcasters put focus on European Media Sovereignty

Establishing the pillar, S4M is driving industry leaders, academic institutions and policy makers to anchor Europe’s media ecosystem in sovereign digital foundations

Eurovision Song Contest

Sennheiser details audio innovations for Eurovision 2026

For 2026, Sennheiser will deliver its largest Spectera set-up to date, including manufacturing samples of the yet-to-be-launched handheld transmitter

Eurovision Song Contest

ORF to employ 8,500 individually controllable LEDs for Eurovision 2026

The Austrian broadcaster has unveiled the lighting design for this year's event, which will also include more than 2,100 LED and laser units

Sustainability

Eurovision 2026 aims to enhance green credentials with fully LED- and laser-based lighting concept

Broadcaster ORF has set itself a goal of minimising its CO₂ footprint as much as possible

Media Consumption

Milano Cortina 2026 “most watched ever” Olympic Games for EBU members

With reach across linear and digital platforms, public service media organisations consistently outperformed their typical market shares, dominating national viewing charts throughout the continent

Audio

Lawo brings music to the masses with ORF live production upgrade

ORF has upgraded its Vienna Musikverein sound control room with IP-based audio technology from Lawo

IP Migration

The technology behind Austria’s digital broadcasting revolution

How ORF's comprehensive infrastructure transformation demonstrates that successful change requires more than just new equipment—it requires technology that can bridge the gap between old...

Audio

Audio-Technica gives ORF’s coverage of the Alpine World Ski Championships the inside edge

Lavalier, shotgun and boundary microphone models were employed to capture the race atmosphere and put viewers at the heart of the action

Media Delivery

SES contract renewals extend European satellite provision

With a combined value of EU200 million, the renewed contracts aim to ensure continued satellite service provision in eight countries across the continent

Live Production

Broadcasting the ballots: How Austria’s ORF is preparing for this weekend’s European elections

Sebastian Blaha, head of newsroom operations, at Austria's ORF tells TVBEurope about broadcaster's plans to cover this weekend's European elections

Media Delivery

European broadcasters collaborate on 5G Broadcast plans

Broadcasters expect to demonstrate jointly developed 5G Broadcast applications and commercial use cases during next summer Paris Olympics and UEFA European Football Championship in...

Live Production

To crown a King: Broadcasters prepare for the Coronation of King Charles III

TVBEurope speaks to Sky News, TalkTV, PA Media, the European Broadcasting Union and Austria's ORF to find out their plans for covering the coronation...

Media Delivery

Austria’s ORF selects Bitmovin for video streaming optimisation

Using the Bitmovin Player ORF can quickly deploy and launch content on new devices and operating systems as soon as they become available to...

Media Delivery

Eurovision 2022: First multi-site trials deliver show over 5G

“5G Broadcast offers big opportunities to the whole media value chain and there’s no better way to showcase this technology than at the EBU’s...

Live Production

Austria’s ORF plans to employ remote production during Tokyo 2020

Broadcaster is aiming to save money in the wake of coronavirus

Business

Discovery and ORF pen Olympic deal

Discovery Communications has agreed a long-term partnership with Austrian public broadcaster ORF that will see every event of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games...

News

Production & Post

Stryme and Vizrt partner for graphics solution

Stryme and Vizrt have joined forces to integrate the Vizrt graphic engine into the company’s GENESIX product line, to enable non-Vizrt customers to use...

News