Sennheiser served as ORF audio supplier

Sennheiser said on May 22 that it served as the official audio supplier to Austrian broadcaster ORF for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna’s Stadthalle, using what it called its biggest Spectera deployment to date. The announcement came in a company newsroom post published after the contest, which Sennheiser said included pre-launch hardware and monitoring tools used in the event’s audio workflow. (newsroom.sennheiser.com) The Eurovision Song Contest’s 2026 edition was hosted in Vienna by ORF, with official Eurovision material describing it as the 70th contest. (newsroom.sennheiser.com) ORF had moved into the Wiener Stadthalle in early April as venue preparations began, according to Eurovision-focused coverage citing the broadcaster. (eurovision.com) ### What exactly did Sennheiser say it supplied? Sennheiser said the Vienna deployment centered on Spectera, its wireless broadband ecosystem, and covered microphones, bodypack transmitters and monitoring systems for the broadcast production. The company said the setup included manufacturing samples of a not-yet-launched Spectera handheld transmitter as well as bodypacks and in-ear monitoring components. (newsroom.sennheiser.com) An April pre-event Sennheiser release had already said Eurovision 2026 would feature the company’s largest Spectera deployment so far. That earlier statement said the system was being prepared with Italian rental and technical production company Agorà for use with host broadcaster ORF in Vienna. (eurovision.com) ### Who else was involved in the audio operation? Agorà was the technical production partner named alongside Sennheiser in both the April planning announcement and the May 22 post-event release. Sennheiser said Agorà delivered the technical production for the project and described the result as a benchmark for arena sound at the contest. (newsroom.sennheiser.com) TM Broadcast and FOH, citing Sennheiser’s earlier statement, also reported that Agorà and Sennheiser were working with ORF on the contest’s audio installation before the live shows in May. Those reports said Agorà had previous Eurovision experience in Lisbon, Tel Aviv and Turin. ### Why was Spectera central to this story? (newsroom.sennheiser.com) Sennheiser framed Spectera as the main system under test at one of the world’s largest live music broadcasts, using Eurovision as a high-profile deployment for gear that included pre-launch components. The company’s April release said a firmware variant had been developed for event-specific functions needed on site, including a level recorder. (newsroom.sennheiser.com) In the May 22 release, Sennheiser said the Eurovision deployment brought the system “full circle,” linking the contest to its broader product rollout narrative. That wording came from the company’s own release, not from ORF or the European Broadcasting Union. (tmbroadcast.com) ### How does this fit into Eurovision 2026’s wider production buildout? NEP Group said on May 12 that it was providing broadcast production services for Eurovision 2026 in Vienna in support of ORF and the European Broadcasting Union. That places Sennheiser’s audio role inside a broader production operation involving multiple technical suppliers. (newsroom.sennheiser.com) The contest itself was scheduled for May 12, 14 and 16 at the Wiener Stadthalle, according to pre-event reporting based on Sennheiser’s announcement and official Eurovision materials naming Vienna as host city. ### What comes next for the equipment mentioned in the release? (newsroom.sennheiser.com) The clearest next step is the commercial launch of the Spectera handheld transmitter that Sennheiser said was still “yet to be launched” when it was used in Vienna. As of the May 22 newsroom post, the company had described the units at Eurovision as manufacturing samples rather than a released product. Sennheiser’s newsroom post dated May 22, 2026 remains the company’s public account of the deployment, while the earlier April planning release provides the pre-event setup details involving ORF and Agorà. (broadbandtvnews.com) (newsroom.sennheiser.com) (fohonline.com)