Television in Austria was introduced in 1955. The country uses DVB-T for broadcasting. Analog television was completely shut down on 7 June 2011. Austrian television was monopolised by public broadcasting television stations until 1997. The first private television station in Austria was ATV.
The channels with the largest viewing share in 2023 are: [1]
| Position | Channel | Group | Share of total viewing (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ORF 2 | ORF | 21.0 |
| 2 | ORF 1 | ORF | 9.5 |
| 3 | ZDF | ZDF | 4.6 |
| 4 | ServusTV | Red Bull Media House | 4.3 |
| 5 | Vox | RTL Group | 3.5 |
| 6 | RTL | RTL Group | 3.3 |
| 7 | Das Erste | ARD | 3.2 |
| 8 | ATV | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.8 |
| 9 | Puls 4 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.6 |
| Sat.1 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | 2.6 | |
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