Schweizer Fernsehen

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Schweizer Fernsehen

Type	Broadcast, television and online
Country	Switzerland
Launch date	1958
Former names	SF DRS (until 2005)
Website http://www.sf.tv/

Schweizer Fernsehen (SF) (Swiss Television) is the German language division of SRG SSR idée suisse, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for the German-speaking Switzerland. It was formerly called SF DRS (abbreviation of: Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz, Swiss television of German and Romansh Switzerland) until 2005. Based in Zürich.

[edit] History

• 1939: First test transmissions of television
• 1964: Introduction of advertising
• 1968: Introduction of colour
• 1984: Introduction of Teletext
• 1984: launch of 3sat, in collaboration with ZDF in Germany and ORF in Austria
• 1997: Launch of SF zwei
• 1999: Launch of SF info in the Zurich region
• 2001: SF info begins broadcasting to the whole of German-speaking Switzerland

[edit] Television channels

• SF 1
• SF zwei
• SF info
• HD suisse (in co-operation with TSR and TSI)

[edit] External links

• www.sf.tv

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