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ServusTV

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ServusTV
ServusTV Logo.svg
CountryAustria
Programming
Language(s)German
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerRed Bull GmbH
History
Launched17 September 1995; 27 years ago (1995-09-17)
Links
Websitewww.servustv.com

ServusTV is a TV station based in Wals-Siezenheim in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Its name is derived from the popular greeting servus common in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe. Together with the magazine "Servus in Stadt und Land", it is owned by Red Bull Media House GmbH, a subsidiary of Red Bull GmbH. The station emerged in 2009 from the station Salzburg TV, which was founded in 1995.

In Austria Servus TV is distributed by DVB-T2 and Astra-Satellit, as well as via digital cable provider A1 Kabel TV and some German digital cable networks

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Wals-Siezenheim

Wals-Siezenheim

Wals-Siezenheim is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung (Flachgau) in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

Austria

Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of 83,871 km2 (32,383 sq mi) and has a population of 9 million.

Salzburg (state)

Salzburg (state)

Salzburg is a state (Land) of the modern Republic of Austria. It is officially named Land Salzburg to distinguish it from its eponymous capital — the city of Salzburg. For centuries, it was an independent Prince-Bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire.

Servus

Servus

Servus, and various local variants thereof, is a salutation used in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe. It is a word of greeting or parting like the Italian ciao. It was once common in some regions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire but it has fallen in disuse in part of its former range.

Central Europe

Central Europe

Central Europe is an area of Europe between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, based on a common geography, historical, social and cultural identity. The concept of "Central Europe" appeared in the 19th century.

Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic connotations. The vast majority of the region is covered by Russia, which spans roughly 40% of the continent's landmass while accounting for approximately 15% of its total population.

Red Bull GmbH

Red Bull GmbH

Red Bull GmbH is an Austrian private company known for its range of energy drinks of the same name. It is also known for its sponsorship of a range of sporting events and teams. The headquarters of Red Bull GmbH are located in Fuschl am See, Salzburg.

History

The history of the station dates back on the first private TV station in Austria. Started as Salzburg TV in 1995 it was initially available only by cable in Salzburg. The TV station got media attention as it started terrestrial transmission on 25 October 2000, which was illegal at that time in Austria. The transmission facility, located at Untersberg transmitter (owned by Germany, but physically located in Austria), was confiscated by Austrian authorities after five days. As a protest, the owner of Salzburg TV entered a hunger strike for two weeks. As a response, terrestrial transmission of private TV stations was legalized in Austria, and transmission restarted in 2002 from the old transmission site on UHF channel 36.

The TV station was sold in 2004 to prevent its bankruptcy. In 2007 the shares went to Red Bull GmbH. The original owners sold their shares on the station soon after, and in 2009 the station was renamed to Servus TV.

On May 3, 2016, Red Bull Media House announced that it would cease broadcasting for economic reasons. The discussed establishment of a work council was decisive for this. Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz later stated that the impending establishment of a works council was "not exactly useful" for the station's independence. He went on to comment that the works council came about "anonymously, supported by the union and the Chamber of Labor". After almost all employees spoke out in writing against a works council the next day and asked Mateschitz to continue the channel in a video message, Mateschitz announced one day later that he had reversed his decision.[1]

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Salzburg

Salzburg

Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.

Hunger strike

Hunger strike

A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants voluntarily fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not solid food. The striker will often take vitamins and electrolytes to ensure that sufficient nutrients are maintained.

Red Bull GmbH

Red Bull GmbH

Red Bull GmbH is an Austrian private company known for its range of energy drinks of the same name. It is also known for its sponsorship of a range of sporting events and teams. The headquarters of Red Bull GmbH are located in Fuschl am See, Salzburg.

Works council

Works council

A works council is a shop-floor organization representing workers that functions as a local/firm-level complement to trade unions but is independent of these at least in some countries. Works councils exist with different names in a variety of related forms in a number of European countries, including Britain ; Germany and Austria (Betriebsrat); Luxembourg ; the Netherlands and Flanders in Belgium (ondernemingsraad); Italy ; France ; Wallonia in Belgium, Spain and Denmark.

Dietrich Mateschitz

Dietrich Mateschitz

Dietrich Markwart Eberhart Mateschitz was an Austrian billionaire businessman. He was the co-founder and 49% owner of Red Bull GmbH. In April 2022, Mateschitz's net worth was estimated at US$27.4 billion.

Political direction

The TV station is regularly credited with being close to the right-wing milieu.[2][3] As part of the talk show “Talk im Hangar 7”, the broadcaster invited the leading figure of the neo-fascist identitarian movement (IB) Martin Sellner to a panel discussion on the topic "How dangerous are our Muslims?".[4]

In his weekly commentary series “Der Wegscheider”, the director of Servus TV Ferdinand Wegscheider spreads controversial and unsubstantiated information about the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] A frequently used style element is the posing of rhetorical questions. For example, he explained that the vaccination was “insufficiently tested” and contained “genetically modified substances”. He further claimed that the administration of the antiparasitic ivermectin would be an adequate therapy.[5] In 2021, the press club Concordia filed an official complaint against the broadcaster at the communications authority of Austria (Kommunikationsbehörde Austria).

A recurring guest of ServusTV was the microbiologist and corona trivializer Sucharit Bhakdi.[5]

Availability

ServusTV is available via terrestrial transmission in Austria, as well as Europe-wide from the Astra 19.2°E satellite constellation.[6]

Sports

ServusTV airs ice hockey on Sunday nights, with the Austrian Hockey League in Austria and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany. It also airs the FIM MotoGP World Championship, and will add the UEFA Champions League and Formula 1 in 2021. It previously aired the World Rally Championship, Red Bull Air Race and Red Bull X-Fighters.

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Deutsche Eishockey Liga

Deutsche Eishockey Liga

The Deutsche Eishockey Liga or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in 1994, it was formed as a replacement for the Eishockey-Bundesliga and became the new top-tier league in Germany as a result. Unlike the old Bundesliga, the DEL is not under the administration of the German Ice Hockey Federation.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of the twentieth century and large national events were often given the title Grand Prix. The foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme as the international governing body for motorcycle sport in 1949 provided the opportunity to coordinate rules and regulations in order that selected events could count towards official World Championships. It is the oldest established motorsport world championship.

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout format, and a single leg final. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions of their national associations.

World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship

The World Rally Championship is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and teams. The series currently consists of 13 three to four-day rally events driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Each rally is usually split into 15–25 special stages which are run against the clock on up to 350 kilometres of closed roads.

Red Bull X-Fighters

Red Bull X-Fighters

Red Bull X-Fighters was a freestyle motocross motorbike stunt competition organized by Red Bull from 2001 to 2017. It was the most popular freestyle motocross event in the world, with a 15-year plus history and more than 50 past events on six continents. The riders are invited to compete head-to-head through a series of knockout rounds in bullrings and famous locations and sites.

Source: "ServusTV", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, December 7th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ServusTV.

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Further Reading

Salzburg

Red Bull

ORF (broadcaster)

ARD (broadcaster)

Dietrich Mateschitz

FC Red Bull Salzburg

Fuschl am See

Red Bull GmbH

Television in Austria

RB Leipzig

FS1 (Austrian TV channel)

Karim Adeyemi

COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
References
  1. ^ "Mitarbeiter unterschrieben gegen Betriebsratsgründung" [Employees signed against the establishment of a works council]. DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. ^ a b "Corona-Verharmloser, Impfgegner und Gates-Verschwörer schauen besonders gerne Servus TV" [Corona downplayers, vaccination opponents and Gates conspirators particularly like to watch Servus TV]. DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  3. ^ "Der Wegscheider: ServusTV ist auf dem Weg zum Heimatsender der Rechtspopulisten" [Der Wegscheider: ServusTV is on the way to becoming the home broadcaster for right-wing populists]. www.vice.com (in German). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. ^ Leonhard, Ralf (2018-10-05). "Umstrittenes Sponsoring von Red-Bull-CEO: Verständnis für Rechtsextreme" [Controversial sponsorship from Red Bull CEO: understanding for right-wing extremists]. Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  5. ^ a b tagesschau.de. "ServusTV in Österreich: Ein Sender für Corona-Leugner?" [ServusTV in Austria: a channel for corona deniers?]. tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  6. ^ Servus TV to launch SD and HD on Astra 21 August 2009 www.broadbandtvnews.com, accessed 21 December 2021
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