ORF III

ORF III, rarely ORF 3, is an Austrian specialty stations, which sees itself as a complement to the full program next one ORF and ORF 2, and particularly cultural themes taken up in the spotlight. Managing director and program director is Peter Schöber, as the second Managing Director and Commercial Director acts Helmut Kaiser. Editor in chief Christopher Takacs. ORF III is an independent subsidiary of the ORF and is the responsibility of the Regional Studio Salzburg. The cultural niche channels went 26 October 2011 by 14 clock to broadcast via satellite and cable and has the frequencies of TW1, whose program (tourism and weather) was adjusted with the same date, taken over and get a new time slot on the antenna. Individual programs are available online at the ORF TVthek.

• 8.1 satellite
• 8.2 terrestrial

Prehistory

ORF III, together with the second ORF niche channel ORF Sport , a successor of TW1. Tourism and weather were the mainstays of this ORF subsidiary station that aired from 1997 to 2011. In the center of TW1, the idea was to let the Austrian tourism play a wider medial base. In travel magazines regions or attractions were presented as spas or walking routes, regular weather information on Austria, Central Europe and the current weather conditions were broadcast in other regions of the world. Individual today established cultural programs such as cultural work or refinement were lifted too TW1 times of baptism. TW1 was replaced on 26 October 2011 by ORF Sport and ORF III. Currently, there are reasons of cost, no broadcast in high definition, but the ORF III programs are filmed in HD, so that an ORF III HD in a few years is possible.

Transmission schedule

The program of ORF III is based on four program pillars:

• Culture / Religion / folk culture and regionalism
• Austrian contemporary history and current events
• Information and European Integration
• And arts and culture.

The main evening every day of the week dedicated to a specific priority issue.

Monday: Documentation - Theme days ( Doku.Zeit, documents) Tuesday: Art and Culture ( refinement, culture work, what you value, Hyundai Kabaretttage, euro.film? ) Friday: Religion and Science ( criss-cross, meeting Medicine, Science Talk, kult.film ) Wednesday: News from Europe and the world (Inside Brussels, Focus, World Journal, 60 Minutes Policy) Friday: Austrian film ( The Austrian Film, Frame, theater and television legends) Saturday: Time history ( zeit.geschichte, kult.reloaded ) Sunday: Opera and Concert ( stage experience, experience performer portrait ) ORF III in the early evening: during the week with travel and food, natural kingdom and culture today, Saturday with our Austria.

Focus

ORF III is now focusing in particular on detailed and competently moderated interviews on topics related to European politics and culture ( the full interview, culture today cultural work, ORF III artist talks, Salzburg Festival calls), transfers the of major opera, theater and concert performances from around the world ( experience stage ), time - history issues, particularly around the Second World war ( zeit.geschichte, Doku.Zeit, documents) as well as films from Austria ( Austrian film ). Politics live brings all the debates of the National Council and the Federal Council live, full- length, and parliamentary inquiries. At one of the defining faces of ORF III Barbara Rett has developed. She moderates shows how culture works, the festival talks and stage experience for which it is distinguished also responsible for the content.

Productions

The Framework takes a look into the Austrian museums and galleries. Moderator Karl Hohenlohe is every second Friday prior to a museum or an art gallery in Austria.

Refinement the ORF III Büchersendung is moderated by Heinz Sichrovsky. Our guests are next most Austrian writers and other celebrities from the fields of art and culture. The show will be broadcast on Tuesdays every 14 days.

The focus is one of Christopher Takacs, chief editor of ORF III, moderated program that deals with the world's current affairs, in particular conflict situations in politics and society.

Inside Brussels every Thursday deals with current events from Europe. Moderator Raimund Löw discussed by MEPs and journalists topics affecting Europe, directly from the EU Parliament in Brussels.

Culture today is the daily hours of culture zwischen 20.00 und 20.15 information broadcast clock with daily reporting from the field of art and culture in Austria. Since autumn 2012, a studio guest is invited in each show. It moderating Peter Fäßlacher and Ani Gülgün -Mayr.

Culture work is recorded in the voestalpine " steel world". Barbara Rett invites once a month / n artist / in the hour-long conversation.

The ORF III artist calls are aired every Tuesday since the fall of 2012 before the culture today show ( 19.45-20.00 clock ). Ani Gülgün -Mayr and Peter Fäßlacher moderate.

The Salzburg Festival conduct interviews with Barbara Rett protagonists, singers, conductors, musicians such as on the edge of the Salzburg Festival. The 10 - minute interview will lead us to ORF III main evening during the festival season.

Science Talk is a moderated by Barbara Stöckl science program in which renowned Austrian and international researchers / scientists and inside / inside to speak.

Meeting medicine deals in 14 daily rhythm with a variety of topics related to health, medical science and research. Moderator Mark Voglauer speaks with doctors and professionals who prepare complex medical issues understandable.

What do you like? is a moderated by Karl Hohenlohe broadcast, introduce selected private valuables in the persons of them and can appreciate the Dorotheum experts.

In the course of 60 minutes politics Austrian politicians take a week to the current political events in Austria position. It moderating ORF III Editor in Chief Christopher Takacs, alternating with the editors -in-chief and inside Austrian quality media, especially Eva Weissenberger, Rainer Nowak, Andreas Koller and Alexandra Föderl -Schmid.

Logo

After one ORF and ORF 2, the third ORF transmitter is written differently, even the logos are designed differently to the "brick". A conscious decision, said Alexander Wrabetz: " It shows the family, but also the difference '. The design of the program schedule is adjusted to the three bars in the logo. As with ORF one get there each program column a different color scheme. Frequently, as in the Corner logo is the logo of the admixture " Culture and Information " appended. This Corner logo is in the grayscale, occasionally, for example in the preview program, it is shown in the color scheme on the relevant topic. The original logo Corner of ORF III was kept in a dark shade of gray, now it is light gray, similar to the rest of the ORF programs.

News Corner Logo

Example of Corner Logo during preview of a documentary

Limitations

Advertising, marketing

After the media authority KommAustria had given the green light for the new information and cultural interest channel ORF III, the authority imposed the ORF has two major limitations in terms of advertising. It is prohibited to apply the new channel by so-called cross-promotion in other ORF programs, advertising time for ORF III may not be offered in the same package with advertising time on other programs as well. With the restrictions on the advertising and marketing of ORF III wants to " ensure that the negative impact on competition in the TV market by the new ORF offer are not disproportionate" the Media Authority.

Content

Restrictions on specific program content does not exist. Such conditions are not the authority permitted by law, " in order to preserve the editorial freedom of ORF ". The media approval authority for new niche channels and an accompanying online offer was a legal requirement that ORF III was able to go on the air.

Controversy over naming

The Federal Competition Authority had criticized in its opinion on the approval process in the media authority that the name " ORF III " a third full program insinuiere, which for a specialty channel is not the case. However, ORF - General Alexander Wrabetz saw no reason to change the name of the new niche broadcaster of Information and Culture, as he could not understand the criticism.

Reception

Satellite

Receivable is ORF III via cable or via satellite on the frequency of its predecessor TW1. For licensing reasons, is encrypted broadcast via satellite. For decrypting an active ORF DIGITAL TV card is required.

• Satellite: Astra 19.2 ° East
• Transponder: 115
• Downlink frequency: 12.66275 GHz
• Symbol Rate (MS / s): 22000
• Error protection (FEC ): 5/6
• Polarization: Horizontal

Terrestrial

ORF III is also broadcast in the Austrian conurbations via unencrypted DVB -T ( Mux B).

Since November 15, 2012, the program is also nationally on UHF channel 34 in South Tyrol, in June 2013, in Trentino, common.