- Title: 164 AT COVID-19 ORF isolation
- Date: 23rd March 2020
- Description:ORF technical and news teams go into isolation at ORF headquarters amid coronavirus crisis Isolation at the ORF center, ORF has decided to protect critical infrastructure to be able to broadcast the TV signal continuously, therefore colleagues of the technical staff have been voluntarily agreed to go into isolation at the ORF center. Part of the newsroom staff will follow on Tuesday. Anchors for the main bulletins, as well as reporters, managing editors and directors to run the news bulletins also go into isolation. Separate rooms for sleeping and recreation are prepared, they will be delivered with food and necessities. All personnel take part voluntarily, the isolation period will last for two weeks, then they will swap with another team. Shotlist Vienna, 23-Mar-2020: Entrance of the isolation area Sign saying stop restricted area Food being delivered WS recreation area SOUNDBITE (German) via Skype, Alexander Wrabetz, director general of ORF: "These are mainly the anchormen and anchorwomen, and the crews at the director units, as well as the managing directors planning and preparing the bulletins." recent file Newsanchor Armin Wolf Newsanchor Tarek Leitner and Nadia Bernhard Newsanchor Margit Laufer SOUNDBITE (German) via Skype Alexander Wrabetz, director general of ORF: "It is now very clearly acknowledged by everyone that the ORF must be able to maintain its information performance, which is as important as an energy supplier or telecommunications." Recent file, outside shot ORF center
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:23/03/2020
- Decade: 2020s