GemeindeTV

GemeindeTV is an Austrian regional television broadcaster headquartered in Purgstall an der Erlauf and Amstetten in Lower Austria. Its programming focuses on news, information and events from municipalities and towns, with the Mostviertel region as its main broadcast area, where the majority of its content is produced. The station operates from two studio locations and produces content on location as well as in-studio. The company was founded in 2021 by Tobias Karlinger and Andreas Punz, who had previously produced video reports on regional topics as a hobby and published them on Facebook. Initially, video content was distributed via social media and a YouTube channel. From 2021, a half-hour programme and a regular newsflash were broadcast on regional cable TV. In 2022, Andreas Punz took over Tobias Karlinger's shares and became the sole owner of the regional broadcaster. In October 2022, the company acquired the established Mostviertel TV station, also known as M4TV, and the two broadcasters merged, expanding their reach. Currently, the station reaches around 1 million households via cable TV and two DVB-T transmitters. It also uses a YouTube channel, a TikTok channel and a website for distribution. On social networks Facebook and Instagram, it maintains pages for the districts of Amstetten, Melk, Scheibbs and Waidhofen an der Ybbs. According to its own information, the station reaches 30,000 people weekly on social media.

GemeindeTV was founded in 2021 by Tobias Karlinger and Andreas Punz. Before founding the company, the two founders produced video reports on regional topics as a hobby and published them on the social media platform Facebook. Initially, the video reports were distributed via social media and a YouTube channel. From 2021, a half-hour programme and a regular newsflash were broadcast on regional cable TV. In 2022, Andreas Punz took over Tobias Karlinger's shares and became the sole owner of the regional broadcaster. In October 2022, the company acquired the established TV station in the Mostviertel, MostviertelTV, also known as M4TV. The two stations merged and were thus able to expand their reach. Currently, the station reaches around 1 million households via cable TV and two DVB-T transmitters. In addition, a YouTube channel, a TikTok channel and a website are used for distribution. On the social networks Facebook and Instagram, there is a page for each of the districts of Amstetten, Melk, Scheibbs and Waidhofen an der Ybbs. According to its own information, the station reaches 30,000 people weekly on social media.

• 2022

  Andreas Punz takes over Tobias Karlinger's shares and becomes sole owner.

• 2022

  Acquisition of MostviertelTV (M4TV) in October; the two stations merge.

• 2021

  GemeindeTV founded by Tobias Karlinger and Andreas Punz.

• 2021

  Start of a half-hour programme and a regular newsflash on regional cable TV.

Regional news and video content from the Mostviertel, summarised as 'Mein Update von dahoam' (my update from home).

• Half-hour regional TV programme

  Broadcast on regional cable TV since 2021.

• Regular newsflash

  Short news updates broadcast on regional cable TV.

• YouTube channel

  Distribution channel for video reports.

• TikTok channel

  Social media distribution channel.

• Website

  Online platform for news and videos.

1. 1GemeindeTV – Regionale News & Videos aus dem Mostviertelgemeindetv.at
2. 2GemeindeTVde.wikipedia.org
3. 3GemeindeTVwikidata.org