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
The German-speaking part of Switzerland (german: Deutschschweiz, french: Suisse alémanique, it, Svizzera tedesca, rm, Svizra tudestga) comprises about 65 percent of Switzerland (North Western Switzerland, Eastern Switzerland, Central Switze ...
. It has its head office in
Zürich
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.
Kontakt
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 teletext
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* 1984: Launch of 3sat
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, in collaboration with ZDF
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in Germany and ORF
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in Austria
* 1997: Launch of SF zwei
SRF zwei (''Swiss Radio and Television Two'') is a Swiss German-language free-to-air television channel run under the public SRG SSR broadcasting group.
History
The channel was launched in 1997 as 'SF 2' as the German-speaking replacement f ...
* 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 in 720p
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quality (in co-operation with TSR and RSI)
* 2012: HDTV
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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 1 (''SRF eins'') is a German-language Swiss television channel, one of three produced by the SRG SSR public-service broadcasting group (the others being SRF zwei and SRF info). The channel, formerly known as SF1, was renamed on 16 Decemb ...
* SRF zwei
SRF zwei (''Swiss Radio and Television Two'') is a Swiss German-language free-to-air television channel run under the public SRG SSR broadcasting group.
History
The channel was launched in 1997 as 'SF 2' as the German-speaking replacement f ...
* SRF info
See also
* Television in Switzerland
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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