Schweizer Fernsehen (SF; "Swiss Television") is the German-language division of

SRG SSR The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (german: Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft; french: Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision; it, Società svizzera di radiotelevisione; rm, Societad Svizra da Radio e Televisiun; SRG ...

, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in Switzerland for German-speaking Switzerland. It has its head office in

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Schweizer Fernsehen. Retrieved on 1 November 2009. Its most viewed programme is ''Tagesschau'' (news), daily at 7:30 pm. It was formerly called SF DRS (''Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz''; "Swiss television of German and Romansh Switzerland") until 2005. On 1 January 2011, Schweizer Fernsehen and

Schweizer Radio DRS Schweizer Radio: Radio der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SR DRS; "Swiss Radio: Radio of the German and Romansh Switzerland") was a company of SRG SSR which operated the public German-language radio stations of Switzerland from 1931 u ...

began the process of merging the two entities into

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF; "Swiss Radio and Television") is a Swiss broadcasting company created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of radio company Schweizer Radio DRS (SR DRS) and television company Schweizer Fernsehen (SF). The ne ...

(SRF). On 16 December 2012, the merger was complete, with SF and SR DRS adopting the SRF name to their television and radio stations.

History

* 1939: First test transmissions of television * 1964: Introduction of advertising * 1968: Colour transmissions begin * 1984: Introduction of

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* 1984: Launch of

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, in collaboration with

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in Germany and

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in Austria * 1997: Launch of SF zwei * 1999: Launch of SF info in the Zürich region * 2001: SF info begins broadcasting to the whole of German-speaking Switzerland * 2005: SF DRS becomes SF, accompanying a major re-brand of the network. * 2007: Launch of

HD suisse HD suisse is a former Swiss high-definition television channel operated by the public service broadcaster SRG SSR. This was the 8th channel launched by SRG SSR, and the first Swiss television channel available in high definition. The channel be ...

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quality (in co-operation with TSR and RSI) * 2012:

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transmission (not all programmes yet) of SF 1, SF zwei and SF info; HD suisse was closed in return

Television channels

* SRF 1 * SRF zwei *

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References

External links

www.srf.ch
{{Portal bar, Companies, Television, Switzerland Swiss Broadcasting Corporation Mass media companies of Switzerland Publicly funded broadcasters Television networks in Switzerland German-language television networks German-language television in Switzerland Television channels and stations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Switzerland

History

Television channels

See also

References

External links