ORF public council
The audience council of the ORF is an organ of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) and serves primarily to protect the interests of the listeners and viewers of the broadcasting company. It is the successor organization of the listener and viewer representation (HSV).
The 35 members of the Public Council are made up of representatives from important social groups such as churches or trade unions. The public council also appoints six representatives from its ranks to the foundation council .
The Public Council exists on the basis of the ORF law, which was passed on July 5, 2001 by the Austrian National Council with the votes of the MPs from the ÖVP and FPÖ . This resulted in the creation of the three bodies General Director , Foundation Council and Public Council.
According to the version of the law passed in 2001, six members of the ORF Public Council were freely elected by the ORF customers. Three of the six members to be sent to the Foundation Council by the Public Council had to be members of the Public Council who were elected by the ORF customers. The Constitutional Court ruled that the fax election was unconstitutional in 2011 for formal reasons. Therefore, this provision will no longer apply to the 2014 election.
Web links
- Public advice on ORF.at (accessed on September 19, 2008)
- Extract from the ORF law on the public council (§§ 28–30 ORF-G; accessed on 19 September 2008; PDF file; 23 kB)