Vienna (OTS) – In the plenary meeting of the ORF Foundation Board chaired by Mag. Lothar Lockl on Thursday, November 30, 2023, the committee approved the ORF financial and staffing plan 2024, took note of the audit committee’s management audit report and issued the approval to ORF General Director Roland Weißmann approved the discharge for the 2022 financial year. The ORF annual broadcast schedules for television, radio, the special-interest channels ORF III Culture and Information as well as ORF SPORT + and the annual offering schedule Online 2024 as well as the shares in the languages of the ethnic groups were approved.
ORF General Director Roland Weißmann: “With the new ORF law, the financing of the ORF will be sustainably reorganized and the ORF will be given a little more leeway online in certain areas. This gives us an obligation to make the ORF even more of an ORF for everyone in Austria: We are further developing our online offerings with the new media library ORF ON and ORF KIDS, we are strengthening our radios with the new audio strategy, we have on television a variety of program highlights in preparation and much more. The ORF is the clear market leader in radio, television and online. This strong position must be secured. With the 2024 financial plan approved today, we are consistently continuing our savings course and, with a balanced result in the coming year, we are creating the basis for the implementation of our program plans. The ORF produces even more programs for less money!”
Balanced financial plan 2024
According to plan, the ORF is expected to achieve a balanced result of EUR 0.3 million in 2024 after deducting one-off effects that will be used to strengthen equity. The total income in 2024 will be 1,083.3 million euros (financial plan 2023:
1,029.0 million euros) planned. This includes EUR 721.9 million in income from the ORF contribution to be collected from January 1, 2024 as well as advertising revenue of EUR 197.9 million (FPL 2023: EUR 217.8 million). In addition, other sales revenue of EUR 130.2 million (FPL 23: 130.7) and other operating income of EUR 31.6 million (FPL23: 4.3) are planned.