Risks of ‘vaccine fatigue’ in Europe – studies show economic benefits of immunisation programmes

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European immunisation programmes are among the great medical success stories. But Europeans are increasingly reluctant about getting vaccinated – with the result that infectious diseases such as measles, thought to have been defeated, are once more increasingly present in Europe. Speaking at the European Health Forum Gastein, MEP Karin Kadenbach called for joint European efforts […]

Supancic sets sails

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Culture

Mike Supancic is touring Austria. The versatile stage comedian will perform his new programme “Traumschiff Supancic” in venues across the country in the coming weeks and months. Supancic – who tells from the experiences of the guests on a cruise ship called MS Titanitsch in “Traumschiff Supancic” – will hit the stage in Graz, Krems […]

Schöber ignores market shares

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Business

Peter Schöber has said that market shares should be a negligible aspect for ORF III. Schöber – who co-heads the new channel in cooperation with Helmut Kaiser – said: “Our programme attracts up to 400,000 people a day but, to be honest, I do not care about market shares a lot. (…) Quality should matter […]

Fewer people tune in to ORF

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General News

The ORF’s market share keeps decreasing. Media consumption researchers found that the national broadcaster ORF 1 channel had a market share of 15.8 per cent last month. This is an improvement of 0.8 per cent compared to the same time span in 2011. The slight increase was tarnished by the worsening popularity of ORF 2. […]

Prammer backs tax increases

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Politics

Parliament speaker Barbara Prammer has branded suggestions to restore the state budget without any tax increases as “illusory”. The Social Democrat (SPÖ) – who reportedly considers running for president in 2016 – told the Kurier that “the weak have to be protected”. Prammer stressed she did not want to give her point of view on […]

ORF market share keeps dwindling

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Business

The number of people tuning in for national broadcaster ORF’s programmes keeps declining. The company announced yesterday (Mon) that ORF 1 achieved a market share of 12 per cent last month, up by 0.5 per cent compared to September 2010. ORF 2 suffered a decline of 1.3 per cent at the same time, the broadcaster […]

Widespread usage of bootleg software

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Business

Around one out of four software programmes used in Austria was purchased illegally, an international trade organisation has disclosed.The Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced today (Thurs) that approximately 25 per cent of PC and laptop software Austrians were currently working with were pirate copies. The BSA added that the global share of bootleg software was […]

More than 80,000 watched World Cup on mobiles

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Business

Mobile communications provider 3 said today (Tues) 86,000 customers watched World Cup live coverage on their mobiles.The company said last Sunday’s final between Spain and the Netherlands (1-0) received the biggest hits, with all of the matches of the German national team recording good market shares as well.The firm added that customers watched on average […]