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ORF cancels broadcast: Viewers disappointed by cup mishap!
ORF stopped broadcasting the Nations League during the cup handover. Viewership fell dramatically. Details here.
ORF cancels broadcast: Viewers disappointed by cup mishap!
The Austrian broadcaster ORF recently caused considerable confusion among viewers when the broadcast of the Nations League final was canceled. This happened shortly before the decisive presentation of the trophy to Portugal, who triumphed 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out against Spain. For the fans, this meant that they could not watch the celebrations of the well-known player Cristiano Ronaldo live on ORF. Loud OE24 After the incident, viewership fell dramatically from 580,000 to just 105,000.
An even smaller audience of just 43,000 watched the subsequent repeat of the film “96 Hours”. These massive ratings losses meant that fans had to resort to alternatives such as RTL or DAZN to watch the cup ceremony. Peter Westenthaler, member of the ORF Foundation Board, said that a debriefing of the incident in the Foundation Board was planned for June 17, 2025 in order to clarify the background to the demolition.
Austria's football history continues
Aside from the controversies surrounding the ORF, there are other exciting football events coming up. The Austrian national team will play against Kazakhstan on November 14, 2023, followed by a home game against Slovenia on November 17, 2023. The aim of these games is to gain promotion back to the A group of the Nations League and to secure a pot 1 seeding for the 2026 World Cup qualification. Both games will be broadcast live and exclusively on ORF, with Oliver Polzer acting as commentator for the match against Kazakhstan. He will receive support from expert Michael Liendl and presenter Rainer Pariasek, while reporter Alina Zellhofer will hold discussions with fans and players in Kazakhstan. This event will also address Kevin Danso's comeback after heart complications.
The home game against Slovenia will also be exciting, with commentators such as Daniel Warmuth and Michael Liendl, while Alina Zellhofer will be the host. This reporting is supplemented by Herbert Prohaska and Viktoria Schnaderbeck, who offer analyzes of the games. Veronika Kratochwil will also capture the mood of the fans.
Future of sport on ORF
Austria's women's team also has important games coming up as they face Poland on November 29 and December 3, 2023 in a bid to qualify for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025. ORF plans to broadcast these crucial play-off games live. In order to meet the needs of sports fans, ORF is expanding its multimedia offering, which includes streams and current information via sport.ORF.at, ORF Football Special and ORF ON. ORF TELETEXT will also offer comprehensive sports reporting to bring viewers the latest developments and results.
In a broader context, the sports media market in Germany is of great importance. Various platforms such as pay and free TV, classic print media, online content and social media are the main players. Sports broadcasts are still in high demand, especially with upcoming major events such as the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and the European Football Championship in Germany. The ratings for such events are traditionally high and the audience expects massive coverage from television broadcasts.
The 2024 European Football Championship, which will be held in ten different German stadiums, could become a record event. For the Bundesliga, income from television and media rights has already risen to over 1.5 billion euros, with revenues for the 2024/2025 season expected to be around 1.1 billion euros. FC Bayern Munich is expected to gain over 100 million euros from television revenue.