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Livestream on October 24 at 1 p.m. on zukunft.ORF.at.

Whether it's a TV movie or a music show, cabaret or comedy - entertainment is the biggest programming pillar on television. Is there more to it than pleasure and whimsy, is there attitude and education along with heart and pain? What quality criteria should apply? What obligations, what no-goes make up public entertainment?

What is the vision of a better public service broadcasting? 

The ÖRR is in the midst of a legitimation crisis, not only in Austria, and is criticized from many sides. The format DIE DA OBEN! of the ARD/ZDF content network FUNK uses a thought experiment to explore what a modern public broadcaster might look like. Various media experts and academics, together with former employees of public broadcasters, are trying to reinvent the ÖRR so that it meets today's requirements. As part of the research, the community of DIE DA OBEN! was also asked what they thought would make a really good public broadcaster. [more] 

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For four weeks everyone was asked - now we present the results of the Ö3 Youth Survey. A total of around 40,000 participants provide revealing insights into how the country's young generation sees its life and the world. The results can be found here. 
The Ö3 Youth Study is a project of Hitradio Ö3, supported by ORF Public Value and scientifically accompanied and finally evaluated by the social research institute SORA. Especially 16 to 25 year olds were invited to answer questions across all areas of life, to discuss them and thus to draw an up-to-date picture of their generation. The data basis of the Ö3 youth study is an online survey.  [more]

In order to underline the integrative character of the public service media offering, prominent ORF employees will present selected facts about ORF and its programmes in short videos and audio spots from April 2023. In this way, ORF would like to contribute to making the sometimes quite emotional debate about its services and its future financing a little more objective. [more] 

Livestream on 23.05. at 1 p.m. 

Is media quality more than an assertion? Who defines it? Who judges, evaluates and controls it? The state, the audience or soon artificial intelligence? How do public service media prove that they are fulfilling their mission? [more]

ORF is the largest client of the Austrian film and television industry.  Every year, it invests around 100 million in Austria as a film and production location. Reason enough to ask: What actually constitutes "Austrian film"? What distinguishes public film production from commercial production? How will it continue in the future? [more]

The Czech Republic is the youngest of the now 15 members of the "A European Perspective" project. 

Petr Dvořák, General Director of Ceská Televize, said: "Joining 'A European Perspective' helps preserve our independence by sharing trusted news from public service media, and it is an opportunity for citizens across Europe to discover our journalism."

What is "A European Perspective?"
"A European Perspective" collects and translates news from participating European public service newsrooms. Each participating organization makes its contributions available via a Digital News Hub, where they are translated into multiple languages. Editors can select and publish the stories most relevant to their audience - offering multiple perspectives on a single news story. In this way, the public gains access to news from different countries - this should lead out of the "news bubble" and promote media literacy.

More information on "A European Perspective" can be found on the European Broadcast Union (EBU) website.

The most successful entrepreneur. The most beautiful woman. The best car.
The superlatives outdo each other just as much as the stereotypes. But what do they mean? Who determines what is honored? What is considered exemplary and worth striving for? And last but not least: What actually is (media) quality and who benefits from it? [more]