Alexander Wrabetz [SEP] place of birth
Alexander Wrabetz
Alexander Wrabetz (born 21 March 1960) is the Director General of the Austrian public broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) and Member of the Executive Board of the European Broadcasting Union.
Education.
Wrabetz attended the 2nd federal grammar school in Vienna's 19th district between 1970 and 1978. He grew up in the Vienna Döbling district. During his studies at the University of Vienna from 1978 to 1983, Wrabetz became involved in the Social Democratic Party together with Austria's former Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann. During the
referred to as ORF 3, is an Austrian special-interest channel that was conceived as a complement to the general interest programmes of ORF 1 and ORF 2, and which focuses in particular on cultural topics. Under Wrabetz, the ORF launched its in-house online television media library, the ORF TVThek on November 13, 2009. Alexander Wrabetz believes that "venturing into smart television is an essential element of ORF’s strategy".
In February 2013, Wrabetz presented the ORF second-screen application "Schladming APP"