ORF before the largest savings package: save 220 million euros by 2031!

ORF before the largest savings package: save 220 million euros by 2031!

Vienna, Österreich - The ORF is faced with a huge financial challenge, as General Director Roland Weißmann explained at a meeting of the ORF public council. As part of the new government program of the coalition of the ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS, it is clear: the broadcasting contribution of EUR 15.30 per budget and month will not be increased by 2029. This forces ORF to save a total of 220 million euros by 2031, a measure that is considered the largest savings package in the history of the station. In the current year, the ORF will save 80 million euros, followed by 104 million euros in 2026. Weißmann admitted that the situation is a "big challenge" and announced that it "turns over" to fulfill the financial requirements, such as vienna.at reported.

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Despite these challenges, the ORF is enjoying a high number of spectators and, according to Weißmann, is reached every day by 3.6 million people on television, 4.5 million on the radio and 1.4 million via ORF.AT network. The public interest was recently particularly high, for example, for the first time, for example, over 1.4 million viewers at ZIB2 were counted in special reporting to the new government. The ORF streaming platform ORF ON also recorded records of 387 million net reviews per month, which underlines the meaning of the transmitter in the digital world.