Swiss Broadcasting Corporation

Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
	The SRG SSR headquarters in Bern
Type	Broadcast radio, television and online
Branding	SRG SSR
Country	Switzerland
First air date	30 September 1922; 102 years ago (radio); 20 July 1953; 71 years ago (television)
Founded	1931; 93 years ago ; by Four language-specific broadcasters
TV stations	SRG SSR television channels Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF): SRF 1, SRF zwei, SRF info ; Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS): RTS 1, RTS 2 ; Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI): RSI La 1, RSI La 2 ; Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR): Televisiun Rumantscha ;
TV transmitters	Digital cable (DVB-C), Internet streaming, IPTV, DTH satellite
Radio stations	SSG SSR radio stations SRF: Radio SRF 1, Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Radio SRF 3, Radio SRF 4 News, Radio SRF Musikwelle, Radio SRF Virus ; RTS: Première, Espace 2, Couleur 3, Option Musique ; RSI: RSI Rete Uno, RSI Rete Due, RSI Rete Tre ; RSR: Radio Rumantsch ; SSatR: Radio Swiss Classic [de], Radio Swiss Jazz [de], Radio Swiss Pop [de] ;
Radio transmitters	Cable (DVB-C), FM, DAB+, IPTV, Internet
Market share	30.3 and 37.90% (2013)
Licence area	Switzerland
Headquarters	Bern, Switzerland
Broadcast area	Switzerland
Key people	Jean-Michel Cina [de], Chairman of the SRG SSR Board of Directors; Gilles Marchand, Director-General
Established	1931; 93 years ago
Former names	Schweizerische Rundspruchgesellschaft
Affiliates	Presse TV; TV5Monde; 3sat; Arte;
Group	Swiss National Sound Archives; Swiss Solidarity; Memoriav [fr]; MAZ – Die Schweizer Journalistenschule [de];
Official website	www.srgssr.ch
Subsidiary	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF); Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS); Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI); Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR); Swissinfo;

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation^[1] (German: Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft; French: Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision; Italian: Società svizzera di radiotelevisione; Romansh: Societad Svizra da Radio e Televisiun; SRG SSR) is the Swiss public broadcasting association, founded in 1931, the holding company of 24 radio and television channels. Headquartered in Bern,^[2] the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees (79%) and making the remaining income from advertising and sponsorship.

Switzerland's system of direct democracy and the fact that the country has four official languages (German, French, Italian and Romansh) mean that the structure of Swiss public service broadcasting is rather complicated. The actual holders of the broadcasting licences that enable SRG SSR to operate are four regional corporations:

German Switzerland: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)
French Switzerland: Radio télévision suisse (RTS)
Italian Switzerland: Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI)
Romansh: Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR)

These four corporations maintain SRG SSR as a joint central production and broadcasting association. The fifth business unit of the SRG SSR is the ten-language news platform Swissinfo.

^ "Statutes of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation" (PDF). Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "Contact Archived 18 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine." Swiss Broadcasting Corporation; retrieved 9 December 2010. "SRG SSR General management Giacomettistrasse 1 3000 Berne 31."

[SRGSSR-Statutes-EN-1] "Statutes of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation" (PDF). Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[2] "Contact Archived 18 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine." Swiss Broadcasting Corporation; retrieved 9 December 2010. "SRG SSR General management Giacomettistrasse 1 3000 Berne 31."

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