ORF 1
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| Country | Austria, Italy (South Tyrol) |
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| Owner | ORF |
ORF eins (Error: {{language with name/for}}: missing language tag or language name (help)) is an Austrian television channel. It was the first television channel in Austria, started in 1955.
ORF eins is one of four public TV channels in Austria. It is funded by a mixture of advertising revenue and television licence fees: as such, unlike the German TV stations (which are generally available free-to-air), ORF eins and its sister channels are encrypted over satellite.
Programming
ORF eins mainly shows films, TV series and sporting events; this is in contrast to ORF 2, which focuses more on news, documentaries and cultural programming. As the target audience of ORF eins is younger than that of ORF 2, ORF's children's output, okidoki, is broadcast on ORF eins every morning. Popular sporting events, such as skiing, Formula One and association football are also usually shown on ORF eins. ORF has exclusive rights to many sports; for example, it holds the rights to Formula One until 2020.[1] In addition to the regular commentary, some sporting events, as well as some dramas, carry special commentary tracks for the visually impaired, via the Zweikanalton system.[2]
Until April 9, 2007, ORF's flagship news programme Zeit im Bild (The Times in Pictures) was broadcast at 7:30pm on both ORF 1 and ORF 2; as part of a major programme overhaul, this was replaced on ORF 1 with the soap opera Mitten im 8en. Due to poor ratings, the soap was short-lived and was replaced on July 2, 2007 by Malcolm in the Middle.[3] To fill the void left by removing Zeit im Bild from ORF 1, two new news programmes entitled ZiB 20 and ZiB 24 were introduced; as their names suggest, they are broadcast at 8pm (20:00) and midnight (24:00) every night. In addition, short bulletins known as ZiB Flash are shown several times throughout the day.
Feature films form a key part of the primetime output on ORF eins, and are shown several nights a week: many movie premieres are shown at the same time as on German broadcasters, but without the commercial interruptions that are commonplace on private German channels. Certain films and series are broadcast with both the German dub and the original (usually English) soundtrack via Zweikanalton (Two-channel sound).
Children
- Maya the Bee (Die Biene Maja) (2013-present)
Entertainment
Information
Series
- 9-1-1 (2018–present)
- About a Boy (2018)
- Altes Geld (2015, 2017)
- Babylon Berlin (2018-present)
- D'Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaires (2005) (Die drei Musketiere) (2015)
- Devious Maids (Devious Maids - Schmutzige Geheimnisse) (2014, 2016-2017)
- Glee (2011-present)
- Grey's Anatomy (2006-present)
- Kupetzky (2006)
- Last Man Standing (2014-2017)
- Liar (2018)
- Magda macht das schon! (2017-present)
- Seinfeld (2007)
- Stalker (2015, 2017-2018)
- Station 19 (Seattle Firefighters - Die jungen Helden) (2018–present)
- Tatort (2006-2009, 2016)
- Touch (2012, 2014, 2018)
- The Big Bang Theory (2010-present)
- The Defenders (2011, 2013–2014)
- The Unusuals (2013-2014)
- Two and a Half Men (2005-2017)
- Who Is America? (2018-present)
- Young Sheldon (2018-present)
Sport
Talk
High definition broadcast
On January 28, 2008, ORF started its high-definition services. The first broadcast was a ski race called The Nightrace in Schladming. A special HDTV event, introducing HD technology, was scheduled in all regional ORF stations right after. The technological partner for HD productions is Telekom Austria.[4] Test operations began on May 1, 2008: ten days later, these were made available to any households with an ORF card showing a trailer. Those who could receive ORF 1 HD would see a trailer which showed excerpts from sports footage, films and documentaries.[5]
ORF eins HD officially launched on June 2, 2008, five days before the start of 2008 UEFA European Football Championship.
Reception
ORF eins HD is broadcast on Astra 19.2° east on 10,832 GHz horizontal (SR 22000, FEC 5/6). The channel is also available through Cable and IPTV.[6][7]
Programming
Initially, the vast majority of programmes were upscaled, save for some sporting events, movie premieres and American television series. However, this has gradually increased; more and more of ORF's productions have been in HD, and many older copies of movies and TV series were re-sourced and replaced with HD scans; for example, older episodes of The Simpsons have been remastered in HD and, as of 2017, are broadcast in this format on ORF eins.
Branding
Due to a redesign in 2000, ORF1 received a new logo: a moving, soft-edged, gelatinous cube with the number 1 inside. The logo has been nicknamed "Jelli." In 2005, there was another update to ORF's on-screen design: to avoid the logo being burnt in to plasma screens, it was changed from green to grey all-over.
In 2010, it was announced that ORF1 would be rebranded as "ORF eins" from January 8, 2011.
Parental guidance
ORF abridges some movies due to child-protection rules, but less often than German stations. ORF identifies its programs with initials: X (not suited for children; parential guidance advised), O (adults only), or with no initial. The sign K+ (recommended for children) is shown only on teletext.
Logos
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1992 - 2000 and August 2005 - 8 January 2011 -
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2 June 2008 - 8 January 2011 -
8 January 2011 - present -
8 January 2011 - present
References
- ^ Heute, www heuta at. "Verliert der ORF auch die TV-Rechte der Formel 1?". Heute.at. Archived from the original on 2018-11-12. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Wie können ORF-Hörfilme empfangen werden?". tv.ORF.at. Archived from the original on 2019-01-29. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "ORF: "Mitten im Achten" wird eingestellt". Die Presse. 13 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Telekom Austria und ORF realisierten technische Netzkonfiguration für HDTV". Pressetext.at (in German). Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2008.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "ORF HD nimmt Testbetrieb auf". www.digitalfernsehen.de. Archived from the original on 2019-01-29. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "ORF DIGITAL - Startseite". digital.orf.at. Archived from the original on 2019-01-10. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Handy - Festnetz - Internet - Mobiles Internet - TV - A1.net". www.a1.net. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
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