Télévision Suisse Romande ("Swiss Television
Romandy
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") was a
TV network
A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers. Until the mid-1 ...
with two channels:
TSR 1
RTS 1 (french: RTS Un) is a Swiss public television channel owned by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, the public broadcaster for the Romand people.
History
Launched on 1 May 1954 to succeed Télé Genève, RTS Un is the first channel of th ...
and
TSR 2
RTS 2 (''RTS deux''), launched on 1 September 1997 as TSR2 and renamed in 2012, is the second Swiss (French-speaking) public television channel owned by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS); the other is RTS 1.
Logos and identities
TSR2 logo ( ...
(the two channels became
RTS Un
RTS 1 (french: RTS Un) is a Swiss public television channel owned by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, the public broadcaster for the Romand people.
History
Launched on 1 May 1954 to succeed Télé Genève, RTS Un is the first channel of t ...
and
RTS Deux
RTS 2 (''RTS deux''), launched on 1 September 1997 as TSR2 and renamed in 2012, is the second Switzerland, Swiss (French-speaking) public television channel owned by Radio Télévision Suisse, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS); the other is RT ...
after 2012). They were the main
French language
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channels in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, part 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 ...
(SRG SSR Idée Suisse before 2010). They provided content for
TV5Monde
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The network is available across ...
. Radio Suisse Romande and Télévision Suisse Romande merged in 2010 to create
Radio Télévision Suisse
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.
History
The first evening programme in
colour
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of Télévision Suisse Romande was broadcast in 1968.
[ Sonia Arnal]
"C'est l'autre (la vraie ?) révolution de 1968 : la TV couleur débarque en Suisse"
, ''Allez savoir !
The University of Lausanne (UNIL; french: links=no, Université de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzer ...
'', no. 42, September 2008. 1968 is also the first year where more than one million of Swiss households had a television.
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Programmes
The station can be received throughout Switzerland, and also in some neighboring countries.
Some of the popular programmes on TSR are:
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– news broadcasts
* ''À Bon Entendeur'' – a consumer magazine programme
''French''
* ''Temps Présent'' – a recent events programme
''French''
* ''Passe-moi les jumelles''
''French''
* ''Nouvo'' – a news magazine about new technologies, media and communications
''French''
* ''Infrarouge'' – a debating programme
''French''
* TTC (http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=390000 ''French'')
* ''Mise Au Point''
''French''
See also
* Pierre-Alain Donnier
Pierre-Alain Donnier (1 July 1946 – 13 March 1988) was a Swiss journalist who died while reporting from Chad about the United Nations Development Program (PNUD), on 13 March 1988 in the Tibesti
The Tibesti Mountains are a mountain range in th ...
* Sibylle Blanc
''Sibylle Blanc'' (born January 3, 1974''L'illustre, Lausanne, N. 21, p. 74, May 25, 2005. in Aubonne, Vaud) is a French-speaking Swiss actress, writer and director who is actively involved in theatrical, film, television and radio productions in ...
* Television in Switzerland
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References
External links
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French-language television in Switzerland
French-language television networks
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
Television networks in Switzerland
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