ORF and ServusTV Celebrate Strong August Ratings
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- Austria’s ORF broadcaster group recorded a 33.3% market share among viewers aged 12 and older in August 2026.
- ORF’s result exceeded its August 2025 figure by 2 percentage points, helped by programming including “Love Stories,” football and “Tatort” reruns.
- ServusTV achieved a 4.7% share, its best August result and the highest among Austrian private broadcasters.
ORF and ServusTV both reported strong television audience figures for August, with each broadcaster highlighting a record or improved result.
The ORF group reached a 33.3% market share among viewers aged 12 and older. That was 2 percentage points higher than its August result a year earlier. Its programming included new episodes of “Love Stories and Marriage Matters,” summer interviews, regional crime dramas and football.
ServusTV recorded a 4.7% share in the same audience group. The result marked its best August performance to date and again placed it ahead of Austria’s other private broadcasters.
The month’s programming highlights included Formula One on ServusTV, while ORF drew viewers with football, European competition coverage and reruns of “Tatort.”
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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