ORF III, sometimes called ORF 3 is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n television channel owned by the Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk

ORF (broadcaster)

Österreichischer Rundfunk, ORF, is the Austrian national public service broadcaster.Funded from a combination of a television licence fees and revenue from limited on-air advertising, ORF is the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media...

 (ORF). The channel launched on 26 October 2011 at 14:00 CEST, and replaced TW1

TW1 (Austria)

TW1 was an Austrian digital television channel, broadcasting programmes about news, culture, leisure, travel and weather. It was owned by the Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk...

 which closed the same day.

ORF III took over the frequencies on satellite and cable from TW1, which specialised in tourism and weather. ORF III also launched on digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...

 in Austria. ORF III is currently not available to view via the Internet, it is clear, however, that podcasts from ORF III will be available online. ORF Sport Plus

ORF Sport Plus

ORF Sport + in an Austrian sports channel owned by the public service broadcaster, ORF.The channel is available via Astra 1A, cable and DVB-T, in Austria and parts of Europe.-History:...

, the station that shared the frequency with TW1, moved to a new 24 hour slot.