ORF ON Reviews

by Bilal Abdelkarim

Schlechter als man sich vorstellen kann

by Stemsi

Yes some, mostly Sports events are blocked, but a great App to keep up with the Austrians...

by Maxfxmusic

Very slow servers - very long loading time. Even with high speed cable internet (25mbit up and down) highest quality not possible. Compared to other mediatheks (Germany or Austrian private networks) very poor quality. App AND website need a lot of work.

by ManiBognar

Einer der schlechtesten App quer durch Europa. Typisch ORF. Zeit für Reform!

by A User Forever II

Have tried many times. Got the latest version and still....

by Austrian In NY

Generally ok and a nice way to access the ORF content from abroad. A bit slow though. And please add chromecast support, please!

by HansI Atlanta

Why can orf not provide what zdf can do?
Too many things that are not allowed to watch !!
No folder for my favorites, like my ORF.
Gruesse aus Atlanta

by 0301chris

Why does Zib always tell me that the live stream will start in 0.51 or 0.45 or whatever minutes when its already 19.32h??? Recently I was unable to watch the first minutes of Zib. pls fix this!

by Juhynmko34

First rate content but compared to YouTube slow and unreliable loading of content. Would also be great if content would be available for longer than 7 days. It really needs an upgrade!

by Grotdude

I love being able to see what is on TV. My Mom lives in Enzesfeld and I live in the Northeastern USA. I find it gives us something to talk about. Sometimes I even get to tell her what is coming up to watch. We both like music shows - especially Volksmusik. However, lots of times you don't allow for these to be seen outside Austria. That makes me have to find a different way to watch if even possible. That defeats the purpose for having ORFON at all. Can that be remedied?

by Mabrown1894

Even though the other reviewers' complaints about the apps limitations are understandable, the limitations, even though a disappointment, are perhaps equally as understandable. Often specific content requires specific legal license agreements which are not always easy to maneuver around. Nonetheless, perhaps ORF can work on those and look at their German neighbors ARD, ZDF etc... on the hand, the ORF app allows for live streaming of some content whereas ARD and ZDF do not have that feature. Overall I am pleased and happy to now regularly consume home content for free. Thank you.

by Snowbird1953

I live in Montreal and ORFON gives me the opportunity to watch news and shows with Austrian content. It is disappointing however that many programs cannot be watched in North America due to copyright etc. In such cases I try to find these programs on other Apps like 3Sat Mediathek, ARD etc. Ich würde gerne alte österreichische Filme sehen.

by Booboomonterey

Well I love Mediothec,sitting here inCalifornia often "homesick"
Love the movies from Austria ,Heimatfilme
But a lot of times you will not show the films only in Austria ,and I know no one over there will watch a film made in Austria ,moreUSA
So tell me why do you advertise the program and than not show it ,makes no sense.
Von einer "verpflanzten Wienerin .🇦🇹❤️🎥

by Asmoisnumberone

Ist ein sehr guter App

by Richard W. P.

First I want to say that this is a great app and I can highly recommend it! Both content and quality of programs is great. There is only one small issue which annoys me. When watching shows on the Apple TV via AirPlay, the show stops once the iPad goes into sleep mode. I think this would be a small fix. A workaouround is to disbale to sleep mode. Keep on the great work!

by FlowchiBear

Love ORFON, keeps me connected to all Austrian News... But when is the new Apple TV App coming!?!?

by Klausthul

Using ORFON to watch German language TV from the US.
Works very well.

by Smartyants

Absolut spitze! Ein Stueck Heimat.

by Jimpropst

Echt supa!

by Pavle.m

Works very well. HD video quality would be nice to see in near future.

by Coedfun4u

Update April 2017: nichts hat sich geändert, immer noch beschissen. Leider!

Update: now 95% of videos blocked when trying to watch in the USA. ZDF and ARD apps have no restrictions. Horrible!

Update: immer mehr Limits, seit Jahren kein Update. Mittlerweile einfach nutzlos! Hätte als Auslandsösterreicher gerne Zugriff zu aktuellen Beiträgen aus der alten Heimat. Als Deutscher kein Problem, ZDF und ARD Apps sind einfach, schnell und zuverlässig. Wie wärs mit einer Überarbeitung? Man muss ja nicht immer schlechter als die Deutschen sein oder?

nette Idee aber in den USA sind die meisten Filme leider nicht abrufbar. warum können das der ZDF und ARD aber nicht ORF (z.b. Tatort)?

by FlorianNikolaus

Love ORFON, keeps me connected to all Austrian News... But when is the new Apple TV App coming!?!?