ServusTV

ServusTV is a TV station based in Wals-Siezenheim in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Its name is derived from a popular greeting common in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe.

ServusTV
Launched	17 September 1995 (1995-09-17)
Owned by	Red Bull GmbH
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Audience share	2.1% (Austria) (2017 (2017), ORF)
Country	Austria
Language	German
Website	www.servustv.com
Availability
Cable
Kabel Deutschland (Germany)	Channel 123 (SD) / Channel 124 (HD)
UPC Switzerland (Switzerland)	Channel 59 (HD)
IPTV
A1 TV (Austria)	Channel 5 (SD) / Channel 105 (HD)
Telekom Entertain (Germany)	Channel 74 (SD)

The station started as Salzburg TV in 1995 and was initially available only by cable in Salzburg. The TV station got media attention as it started terrestrial transmission on 25 October 2000, which was illegal at that time in Austria. The transmission facility, located at Untersberg transmitter (owned by Germany, but physically located in Austria), was confiscated by Austrian authorities after five days. As a protest, the owner of Salzburg TV entered a hunger strike for two weeks. As a response, terrestrial transmission of private TV stations was legalized in Austria, and transmission restarted in 2002 from the old transmission site on UHF channel 36.

The TV station was sold in 2004 to prevent its bankruptcy. In 2007 the shares went to Red Bull GmbH. The original owners sold their shares on the station soon after, and in 2009 the station was renamed to Servus TV.