2023-07-31 09:00:44
The ORF has found a new Ö3 boss in Michael Pauser. The previous head of the office of the technical ORF director Harald Kräuter follows Georg Spatt on September 1st, the ORF said in a broadcast. Martin Gastinger will also be the new head of TV entertainment at Küniglberg from August 1st. The previous ServusTV entertainment boss follows Alexander Hofer, who is already working as ORF Lower Austria state director.
In the future, Pauser will be at the top of what is by far the radio station with the widest coverage in the country. The Lower Austrian has been working for the ORF since 1990 and has also gained many years of experience at Ö3. In 1999 he took over as head of the Ö3 internet editorial team, from 2003 he headed the moderation department and in 2011 he also took over as head of the Ö3 programming department. In 2022 he moved to the technical department, where he was responsible for the restructuring of the digital area. “Being able to accompany almost half of the people in Austria through their lives with Ö3 every week is one of the most exciting jobs there is,” Pauser, who was born in Krems in 1974, was quoted as saying. He announced that he would be traveling a lot in the country with the moderators and that he would like to approach people.
With TV entertainment, Gastinger also takes on an important, well-respected position on ORF. He began working in the media sector at ORF in 1987, where he held various positions at Ö3 and in the youth department until 1992. He later headed program and broadcast planning at Premiere. In 2006 he returned to Austria and worked at ATV as program director and later as managing director. From 2018 he was responsible for the expansion of entertainment at ServusTV, where he established the ratings success “Quizjagd” in the evening program of the private channel. “I’m really looking forward to my job at ORF and being able to contribute the experience I’ve gained over the past few years,” said Gastinger.
The ORF announced further personnel decisions on Monday. ORF general director Roland Weißmann extended Silvia Lahner as interim boss of Ö1. Lisa Zuckerstätter will take over the “Humanitarian Broadcasting” department for an unlimited period. Previously she was interim manager. Anita Malli takes over the management of the function group “Environment and Sustainability”.
Weißmann congratulated the newly appointed persons on their future functions. “Together with their excellently positioned teams, they will successfully master this in accordance with our promise to be an ‘ORF for everyone’,” he said with conviction and emphasized that they had a common goal: “The satisfaction of our audience.”
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