
Gala & Show
Annual galas, award shows, anniversaries and Christmas parties on a big stage.
Host · Commentator · Director
The voice from radio, TV and three Olympic Games. Live on big stages for more than 25 years, in English and German.
Showreel
Arenas, studios, ballrooms. And moments when the entire audience comes along at once. Nothing less is the goal of a show hosted by Florian Rudig.
The how matters
The stage, the guests and the audience take centre stage. Florian Rudig makes sure they shine. The goal of every show: goosebumps. An event becomes an experience.
Topic, guests, dramaturgy, moods, running order. Florian Rudig never goes on stage unprepared, even when it looks spontaneous. What matters are answers to the question of what it takes for the performance to reach its full impact.
Hardly a sentence without a clear purpose. The right information creates understanding. Real emotion creates excitement. Together, they stick.
Technology fails, the schedule slips, a guest is missing: in stressful and critical moments, spontaneity is the biggest trump card. This is where a host’s decisive impact begins.
At international shows and major events, the best in their field often work together in large teams. Where budget or size set different conditions, the better idea decides how to still create staging of real dramatic value. Florian Rudig knows both worlds and brings key people from his network on request.
Goosebumps
never lie.
Fields of work
A thousand guests in a ballroom, ten thousand fans in a stadium or a single camera in a studio: the format changes, the standard does not.

Annual galas, award shows, anniversaries and Christmas parties on a big stage.

Announcer, stadium speaker and showcaller from league games to the Olympic Games.

Incentives, product launches, congresses, panel discussions and press conferences.

Prime-time shows, talk, quiz and live commentary for ORF, ServusTV and Red Bull Media House.

Hosting and production of online events, town hall meetings and audio and video podcasts.

Talks about the impact of language and emotion, presentation and media training.
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Services
More than 25 years of delivering live on cue have shown one thing: the moment an audience comes along can be prepared. Florian Rudig works for exactly these moments, from the first idea to the final applause.
Every production starts with the better idea. What should the audience feel, know and take home?
The common thread, in content and technology. Running order, roles, transitions and the necessary sensitivity for delicate topics.
Suspense, timing, magic moments. How does the story build up, when comes the silence, where the drop, when the highlight?
A powerful sound system, effect lighting, video projection, special effects. With a reliable network. And one contact person.
Live hosting that carries people along. On stage, in the studio or on TV. As host, commentator or podcast host.
Highlights
A small selection from thousands of events. The complete list follows further down.

International Announcer on behalf of the IOC and the international federations: beach volleyball at Copacabana, sport climbing in Tokyo and Paris.

An arena full of light and international top acts: hosting the OVB European Day at the PSD Dome in Düsseldorf.

Announcer in Spielberg (since 2014) and Budapest, responsible show designer in Abu Dhabi. MotoGP in Spielberg (since 2016).

Prime time from Hangar-7: Sport & Talk, YPD Challenge, Quizmaster and Servus am Morgen.

20 years as centre court MC in Austria, Germany, Croatia, Norway, Canada and the USA.

Stadium anchorman for a third of all matches, including the final and ceremonies in Salzburg and Vienna.

In 2018 Innsbruck’s Olympiahalle is in a state of emergency. The show and the new way of staging this sport set a benchmark for the world federation and spark its premiere at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Controversial opinions, openly spoken. Conversations start here where others end: in depth, fact-based and at eye level.
References
Broadcasters, world federations, corporations and congresses. A selection of clients from more than 25 years.
25hours Hotel Wien, 3x3 Event GmbH, 44events GmbH, 4EVENTS GmbH, 555 Management BV, adidas AG, Alpenverein Kletterzentrum Innsbruck GmbH, Amazon Prime, ANKLANG Event & Marketing GmbH, ARGE für Landjugendfragen, Austria Climbing GmbH, Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group (ABCSG), Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC), Austrian Sports Aid, B&G Promotion GmbH, BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. (BESI), Berufsinformationsmesse Innsbruck, Biogen Austria GmbH, BOA Technology GmbH, brandmood GmbH, BTV, Central European Cooperative Oncology Group (CECOG), Chaka2 Salzburg, Champions Hockey League (CHL), City of Innsbruck, Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV), Congress Innsbruck, Design Center Linz Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. & Co KG, Deutscher Alpenverein e.V., Embassy of Canada to Austria, Estonian Volleyball Federation, European Handball Federation (EHF), Familie & Beruf Management GmbH, FCA Austria GmbH, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS), Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), FM4, Freeride Film Festival, Frei-Stil Enterprises, Future Day GmbH, Galapagos N.V., General Electric, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Henkel CEE, Hinterzimmer.tv, INNOTEC Österreich, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik GmbH, inspiria event service GmbH, International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), International Mountain Summit (IMS), International Olympic Committee (IOC), IXXALP touristik und event gmbh, Janssen-Cilag Pharma GmbH, Kadrierwerk Kreativagentur, King of the Court, Kommando Luftstreitkräfte AIRPOWER24, Landjugend Österreich, Lightnoise, Lohmann & Rauscher GmbH, McDonald’s, Media Cooperation e.U., mediacreation gmbh, MediaMarkt GmbH, Medienkolleg Innsbruck, Merkur Insurance, Miller Media, Moser Medienholding GmbH, Niederösterreichische Versicherung, Novartis AG, Ö3, OMV, ORF (Ö1, ORF 2), ORF Landesstudio Tirol, OSMI Foundation, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgie, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin (ÖGIM), Österreichische Gesellschaft für Neurologie (ÖGN), Österreichische Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie und Rehabilitation (ÖGR), Österreichische Gesellschaft für Senologie, Österreichischer Alpenverein (ÖAV), Österreichischer Verein für Kraftfahrzeugtechnik, Österreichischer Volleyballverband (ÖVV), Paul-Ehrlich-Gesellschaft für Chemotherapie e.V. (PEG), Porsche Interauto GmbH, Projekt Spielberg GmbH & Co KG, Radio Tirol, Raiffeisen-Landesbank Tirol, Reanimation und Intensivmedizin (ÖGARI), Red Bull, Red Bull Media House, Samsung, Sandoz GmbH, ServusTV, Skiclub Salzburg Stadt, Skoda Austria, Slovak Volleymanagement, sma events & artists, Snow Space Salzburg Bergbahnen AG, Special Olympics, Sport Creative (BEL), Standortagentur Tirol GmbH, State of Tyrol, Stoke Six Agency, STRABAG BRVZ GmbH, Ströck-Brot GmbH, Swarovski, Tirol Kliniken GmbH, Tirol Werbung GmbH, Tiroler Bildungsinstitut Medienzentrum, Tiroler Landestheater & Orchester GmbH, Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck, Tiroler Tageszeitung, Tiroler Wirtschaftsbund, Traktorenwerk Lindner GmbH, tv-m television & media productions GmbH, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), UNIQA Insurance, University of Innsbruck, Vienna City Marathon, Vienna Insurance Group, VWSE Productions, LLC, Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012, Wüstenrot GmbH, WWP Weirather-Wenzel & Partner GmbH.
Feedback
Organisers, stars, athletes and the press about the work of Florian Rudig and ROODIXX. Quotes originally in German are translated.

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All from one source
It all started with staging their own events. Then came major international events such as Olympic Games, World and European Championships. Today the team around Florian Rudig also designs broadcasts of well-known (business) events and produces livestreams from its own studio or mobile studio sets on location. That way the real event also comes alive in the virtual space.
Always with one goal: to guide the audience in an informative, emotional and authentic way.
The ingredients
An evening that looks easy is built on a lot of thought and experience. These are the defining ones.
Timeline
Drag the slider or tap a year. Each stop tells a piece of the road to the big stages.

At the age of seven, Florian Rudig sits in front of his first camera (a JVC VHS camera). He reads out the news and the weather forecast and talks to imaginary viewers. He does not yet know that this is called presenting. Maybe it wasn’t :)

Start at Austria’s public broadcaster ORF as reporter, editor and presenter. A thorough journalistic training and first international assignments (e.g. the papal funeral in Rome). Nine years in radio and TV (Radio Tirol, Ö1, Ö2, Ö3, FM4). In the same year he and his brother, DJ Tobias Rudig, lay the foundation for ROODIXX entertainment.

The starting signal as centre court host at the legendary Beach Volleyball Grand Slam in Klagenfurt. 20 more years follow. Also year one as stadium announcer of EC Red Bull Salzburg (18 more years follow). Alongside, graduation in sports and media science at the University of Innsbruck.

The L.A. Kings play in Salzburg. Florian Rudig hosts the evening and the trophy presentation on the ice. National team matches follow, as well as all games in the European Trophy and the Champions Hockey League.

Stadium anchorman for a third of all matches in Salzburg and Vienna, including the final and ceremonies. In the same year he hosts the Special Olympics opening ceremony and launches the live streaming platform INNCAST.

Hosting the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel (slalom and award ceremony). For the first time, music is played during the runs, matched to the athletes, the mood and the nations. The Ganslernhang shakes.

EHF European Handball Championship at Vienna’s Stadthalle including the final, EHF Final Four at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne and the European Climbing Championships in Innsbruck. Start as lecturer at the Medienkolleg Innsbruck (course “Video journalism and media”).

Hosting at the Austria House during the London Olympic Games, on behalf of the Austrian Olympic Committee. He also launches the online live debate Jagdclub.tv, where the audience votes along: 4.1 million hits in the first show.

Panel discussion at the IMS in South Tyrol, among others with the philosopher Richard David Precht. The first invitations to TV castings arrive. A new playback technique for jingles that match the action on stage or in the stadium in the moment allows an even more refined dramaturgy.

Host of the new prime-time quiz show “YPD Challenge”, which gives young people a special career start. Then host of the three-hour morning show “Servus am Morgen”.

Host and showcaller at the very first Champions Hockey League final in Luleå, Sweden. Plus the European Climbing Championships in Innsbruck and, on the business stage, 150 years of BASF.

First Olympic Games as stadium announcer, directly for the IOC and the international federation: beach volleyball at Copacabana, including finals and medal ceremonies. Back in Austria he hosts the early-evening show “Quizmaster” on ServusTV (passing the 100,000-viewer mark for good for the first time).

Host and showcaller of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships on Vienna’s Danube Island. Following the success of “Quizmaster”, he becomes host of the 90-minute live show “Sport & Talk from Hangar-7” on ServusTV.

Announcer and producer of the IFSC Climbing World Championships at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck. TV commentary for every stop of the worldwide Red Bull Air Race series and a reception for Marcel Hirscher. At the end of the year Florian Rudig leaves ServusTV.

Launch of his own video podcast “Hinterzimmer” and a webcast platform for online events, from registration to live interaction. Plus the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg’s cauldron.

In the corona year the livestream business reaches an (unwanted) all-time high. Live broadcasts of many medical congresses, panel discussions and web seminars. Development and construction of his own mobile TV sets and studios.

English-speaking announcer and producer for sport climbing at the Aomi Urban Sports Park. Host of the Licht ins Dunkel Challenge on ORF. Expansion of his own production company. Launch of the video podcast “Basecamp” for the Austrian Alpine Club.

KTM Tech-Talk at the Audimax Vienna, Accenture Traumfänger, OSMI Foundation kick-off and the FISU World University Championship in sport climbing. Once again host and commentator of Airpower in Zeltweg, attended by more than 300,000 visitors.

Florian Rudig becomes a dad for the first time, and twice at once: his twins are born. The appearances on big stages are reduced, the shifts at home maximised to months of 24/7 duty (first-hand report, in German).

Third Olympic Games as announcer: sport climbing at Le Bourget. Plus hosting at the Austria House on behalf of the Austrian Olympic Committee. And the 20th anniversary as host of the Beach Volleyball World Tour spectacle in Vienna.

OVB European Day in front of a full arena, the launch of the Rosenbauer Panther Electric, plus hosting and direction of the VW Bulli meeting. Appearance as keynote speaker (“Goosebumps never lie”) and as host of the Merkur summit at the Stadthalle Graz.

3x3 Basketball World Tour Vienna and the ISU Synchronized Skating World Championships in front of sold-out crowds throughout. Back on TV hosting the “Licht ins Dunkel Challenge” and at the “Licht ins Dunkel Gala” (ORF prime time). The story continues … Cu soon!!
All events
On air and off air, in front of and behind the camera, from prime-time TV to Europe’s biggest kids’ ski race. Filter by field; entries with a camera icon show a photo.
Behind the camera
Directing yourself gives you a wider view of what is happening. Florian Rudig knows the processes not only in front of but also behind the camera, from his own work as head of production, director and showcaller. If needed, he advises organisers on every crew that carries a show:
Podcast
As host and producer, Florian Rudig has the conversations that TV rarely has time for. Own studio, own cameras, own style.
His own video podcast in German: people with a story, honest and without time pressure. Host and producer: Florian Rudig.
Go to the YouTube channel
The podcast of the Austrian Alpine Club about mountains, sport and the people behind them. Host and producer: Florian Rudig.
Keynotes & training
What works on big stages also works in meetings, in sales and in front of the camera. Florian Rudig passes on his craft in talks and training sessions.
Turning an event into an experience. Why people remember feelings, not slides. And how to build those moments on purpose.
The craft behind the voice: preparation, attitude, language. Practical, entertaining and ready to use.
About Florian Rudig
Florian Rudig is an international host, commentator and director for TV and events. He is the voice of Olympic Games, World and European Championships and was a game show and prime-time host at ServusTV.
With a degree in sports and media science, he spent nine years as reporter, journalist and presenter at Austria’s public broadcaster ORF (Radio Tirol, Ö1, Ö2, Ö3, FM4) and worked as a media trainer at the University of Innsbruck and the Medienkolleg Innsbruck. In 1998 he founded ROODIXX entertainment with his brother, DJ Tobias. As a duo they set new standards in staging sports and gala events live. A few years later came the livestreaming platform “Inncast”.
In 2012 he developed an online live debate show in which the audience could influence what happened in the studio by voting. After leaving ServusTV in 2018 he founded the video podcast “Hinterzimmer” and a webcast platform that handles online events from start to finish. International engagements have taken him around the globe. His strength: connecting information and emotion, in front of and behind the camera.
FAQ
Use the request form below or write to office@roodixx.at. With date, location and type of event you will quickly receive availability and a proposal.
In English and German (native). At the Olympic Games in Rio, Tokyo and Paris he worked as International Announcer.
Worldwide, with a focus on Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. He is based in Mils near Innsbruck, Tyrol. So far he has worked in 21 countries, including Brazil, Japan, Canada, the USA and the United Arab Emirates.
Galas, incentives, product launches, congresses, conferences, panel discussions, press conferences, sports events from league games to the Olympic Games, TV shows, livestreams and podcasts.
With a briefing on goals and audience, research on topic, guests and running order, and coordination with the technical crew. From this grows the shared common thread and the dramaturgy of the hosting, which always leaves room for the spontaneous.
Yes. Through ROODIXX entertainment he can add DJ, event direction, showcalling, sound, light, video, special effects and livestream or TV production on request. For smaller budgets he is happy to advise on how effective staging is still possible.
Yes. The keynotes are called “Das Handwerk zum Mundwerk” (the craft behind the voice) and “Goosebumps never lie. Turning an event into an experience”. He also offers presentation and media training, as he has taught at the University of Innsbruck and the Medienkolleg Innsbruck.
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