ORF to close linear sports channel

An ORF camera operator at a IBU World Cup biathlon event in Hochfilzen, Austria (by Franz Kirchmayr/SEPA.Media /Getty Images)
An ORF camera operator at a IBU World Cup biathlon event in Hochfilzen, Austria (by Franz Kirchmayr/SEPA.Media /Getty Images)

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has announced plans to shut its ORF Sport + linear television channel as part of a wider range of measures designed to save around €300m ($319.7m) by 2026.

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