Schweizer Fernsehen (SF) (Swiss Television) is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in Switzerland for 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. It has its head office in Zürich.[2] Its most viewed programme is "Tagesschau" (News), daily at 7.30 PM.
On 1 January 2011, Schweizer Fernsehen and Schweizer Radio DRS began the process of merging the two entities into Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). On 16 December 2012, the merger was complete, with SF and SR DSR 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
- 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
- 2005: SF DRS becomes SF, accompanying a major re-brand of the network.
- 2007: Launch of HD Suisse in 720p quality (in co-operation with TSR and RSI)
- 2012: HDTV transmission (not all programmes yet) of SF 1, SF zwei and SF info; HD suisse was closed in return
Television channels
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- Radio Swiss Pop
- Radio Swiss Classic
- Radio Swiss Jazz
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- Televisiun Rumantscha (TvR)
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- Subsidiaries: Swissinfo
- SwissTXT
- Publisuisse
- Publica Data
- tpc
- Telvetia S.A.
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Switzerland