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A spectacular TV ski highlight: This is what the World Cup in Saalbach will be like!
The 2025 Alpine Ski World Championships in Saalbach will be broadcast live from February 4th to 16th, with spectacular images and 56 cameras.
A spectacular TV ski highlight: This is what the World Cup in Saalbach will be like!
The Alpine Ski World Championships will be held in Saalbach, the new focus of alpine skiing, from February 4th to 16th, 2025. This represents the first major ski event in Austria since 2013. The ORF is preparing a spectacular TV spectacle, which will be realized by the direction of Michael Kögler and state-of-the-art technology with up to 56 cameras, including drones and special helmet cameras. On the first weekend of the World Cup, the focus will be on the downhill runs for women and men, each at 11:30 a.m., and will also be broadcast in super slow motion with the help of advanced AI technologies. This technical production promises to raise the emotions and tensions of the competitions to a never-before-seen level, as austriansport reported.
Extensive live reporting
The ORF is planning a total of around 70 hours of live reporting and will ensure that no exciting detail of the races is missed. 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 of the broadcast, which gives viewers the opportunity to follow the competition via digital channels. A multimedia package complements the broadcasts with streams and live tickers so that ski fans can stay informed about everything happening in Saalbach, as reported.
The technical implementation is led by a team of experts who take responsibility for the production and broadcast of the competitions. ORF sports director Hannes Aigelsreiter emphasizes that this World Cup production is unique for sports reporting in Austria and will provide an incomparable view of the events. Spectators can look forward to an event that is intended to inspire not only the athletes but also the spectators to achieve top performance, and thus once again put the focus on winter sports in Austria, according to austriansport's summary.