Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (German: Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft; French: Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision; Italian: Società svizzera di radiotelevisione; Romansh: Societad Svizra da Radio e Televisiun; SRG SSR) is the Swiss public broadcasting association, founded in 1931, the holding company of 24 radio and television channels. Headquartered in Bern, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees (79%) and making the remaining income from advertising and sponsorship.
The SRG SSR headquarters in Bern | |
| Type | Broadcast radio, television and online |
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| Branding | SRG SSR |
| Country | Switzerland |
First air date | 30 September 1922 (radio) 20 July 1953 (television) |
| Founded | 1931 by Four language-specific broadcasters |
| TV stations | SRG SSR television channels |
| TV transmitters | Digital cable (DVB-C), Internet streaming, IPTV, DTH satellite |
| Radio stations | SSG SSR radio stations
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| Radio transmitters | Cable (DVB-C), FM, DAB+, IPTV, Internet |
| 30.3 and 37.90% (2013) | |
Licence area | Switzerland |
| Headquarters | Bern, Switzerland |
Broadcast area | Switzerland |
Key people | Jean-Michel Cina, Chairman of the SRG Board of Directors Gilles Marchand, Director-General |
| Established | 1931 |
Former names | Schweizerische Rundspruchgesellschaft |
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Official website | www |
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Switzerland's system of direct democracy and the fact that the country has four official languages (German, French, Italian and Romansh) mean that the structure of Swiss public service broadcasting is rather complicated. The actual holders of the broadcasting licences that enable SRG SSR to operate are four regional corporations:
- German Switzerland: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)
- French Switzerland: Radio télévision suisse (RTS)
- Italian Switzerland: Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI)
- Romansh: Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR)
These four corporations maintain SRG SSR as a joint central production and broadcasting association. The fifth business unit of the SRG SSR is the ten-language news platform Swissinfo.