Starking public TV in ORF 1 and ORF 2: With a 2-1 win, Austria’s national team started the qualification for the 2026 World Cup on ORF yesterday, on June 7, 2025. The start that the game against Romania did not want to miss through ORF 1 up to 1.113 million, on average 1.008 million saw the second half in 43 percent market share (and 60 and 50 percent market share in the young target groups 12-29 and 12-49). The most watched World Cup qualifier has been the most watched since 2013.
So it continues with the World Cup qualification games in ORF 1:
Tuesday, September 9th, ORF 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Austria
Thursday, October 9th, ORF 1
Austria – San Marino
Saturday, November 15th, ORF 1
Cyprus – Austria
In ORF 2, up to 537,000 and an average of 420,000 viewers celebrated the start of the “Starnacht” season with the “Starnacht am Neusiedler See” in a market share of 18 percent.
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