A spectacular TV ski highlight: This is how the World Cup in Saalbach!

A spectacular TV ski highlight: This is how the World Cup in Saalbach!

in Saalbach, the new focus of the alpine skiing, will be held from 4 to 16 February 2025 the Alpine Ski Championship. This is the first major ski event in Austria since 2013. The ORF is preparing a spectacular TV spectacle, which is implemented by the direction of Michael Kögler and the latest technology with up to 56 cameras, including drones and special helmet cameras. On the first World Cup weekend, the focus is on the descents for women and men, each at 11:30 a.m., and are also transmitted with the help of advanced AI technologies in super time magnifying glass. This technical staging promises to raise the emotions and tensions of the competitions to a Never-Bugore lake level, such as AustrianSported.

extensive live reporting

The ORF plans a total of about 70 hours of live reporting and ensures that there is no exciting detail of the races. In addition to the broadcasts of the competitions, training sessions are also shown live. ORF program director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz and World Cup team leader Veronika Dragon-Berger emphasized the high quality standards in the transmission, which gives the audience the opportunity to pursue the competition through digital channels. A multimedia package complements the transmissions with streams and live tickers so that ski fans can remain informed about all events in Saalbach, as reported.

The technical implementation is directed by an expert team who assumes responsibility for the production and transfer of the competitions. ORF sports director Hannes Aigelsreiter emphasizes that this World Cup staging is unique for sports reporting in Austria and will provide an incomparable view of what is happening. Spectators can look forward to an event that should not only inspire the athletes, but also the audience to top performance, and thus focus on winter sports in Austria again, according to AustrianSport.