ORF Sport + is an

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s channel owned by the public service broadcaster, ORF. The channel is available via satellite

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, in Austria and parts of

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History

Before the launch of ORF Sport Plus on 1 May 2006, TW1 provided sports programming since May 2000 up until the launch of ORF Sport Plus. On 22 October 2007, ORF Sport Plus was made available to

, only in the state capitals of Austria. Since that date, TW1 was available only on cable and satellite. On July 15, 2009, ORF Information Director Elmar Oberhauser announced that the channel would be discontinued in 2010 for cost reasons. However, the ORF law secured the program and it is to be expanded. On October 26, 2011, ORF SPORT + was expanded into a 24-hour special interest channel. The channel took over the antenna frequency previously shared with Hitradio Ö3 TV and received new satellite and cable slots. A high definition (HD) version of the channel was announced for October 24, 2014.derStandard.at:
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Programming

ORF Sport + shows a variety of fringe sport programming including;

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ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

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hockey ''Hockey'' is a family of List of stick sports, stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal. There are many types of hockey, and the individual sports vary in rules, numbers of players, apparel, ...

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

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, and the National Golf Championships.

Logos

ORFsport logo.svg, 1 May 2006 – 26 October 2011 ORF_Sport+.svg, 26 October 2011 – 16 June 2024 ORF Sport+ HD.svg, 25 October 2014 – 16 June 2024 ORF_Sport_+_Logo_2024.svg, 16 June 2024 – present

References

External links

ORF SportORF Sport Plus TV listings
Sport + Television stations in Austria Television channels and stations established in 2006 2006 establishments in Austria Sports television in Austria {{Europe-tv-station-stub