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SRG SSR idée suisse is the business name of the "Swiss Broadcasting Corporation" -- in German: "Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft" (SRG), in Romansh "Societad svizra da radio e televisiun", in Italian: "Società svizzera di radiotelevisione" (SSR), in French: "Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision" (SSR). SRG SSR idée suisse is known in the English language as the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is any of the various Rhaetian languages spoken in Switzerland. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
SBC is the public broadcaster of Switzerland, and runs seven television stations and eighteen radio stations in Switzerland's four official languages(German, French, Italian, & Romansh), plus the international broadcaster Swiss Radio International. The company is paid by a mixture of a licence fee of CHF 450.35, advertising & sponsorship. It started in 1922. Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ...
Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is any of the various Rhaetian languages spoken in Switzerland. ...
International broadcasting is broadcasting deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. ...
A television licence is an official licence required in some countries for all owners of a television receiver. ...
CHF is: The ISO 4217 code for the Swiss franc. ...
Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ...
Sponsorship can refer to several concepts: A sponsors support of an event, activity, person, or organization. ...
1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
German
The German-language broadcaster is for radio is Schweizer Radio DRS and for television is Schweizer Fernsehen. Together they produce two TV stations and five radio stations. It is based in the cites of Zürich, Canton Zürich for TV & Basel, Canton Basel-City for radio. German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ...
Zürich IPA (in English often Zurich, which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 364,558 in 2002; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...
The Swiss canton of Zürich (German: Kanton Zürich) has a population of about 1. ...
Basel (English traditionally: Basle [ba:l], German: Basel [ba:z@l], French Bâle [ba:l], Italian Basilea [bazilE:a]) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate...
Basel-City (in German: Basel-Stadt) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. ...
Radio - DRS 1
- DRS 2
- DRS 3
- Musigwälle 531
- Virus
Television
People Hans Gmür (February 1, 1927—April 15, 2004) was a Swiss-German theatre author, director, composer and producer. ...
External links - Schweizer Fernsehen SF DRS (http://www.sfdrs.ch/)
French The French-language broadcaster is for radio is Radio Suisse Romande and Télévision Suisse Romande. Together they produce two TV stations and four radio stations. It is based in the city of Geneva, Canton Geneva for TV and Lausanne, Vaud for radio. TSR strated in 1954. It is also the main shareholder of the English-language radio station World Radio Geneva (WRG). French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...
TSR 1 and TSR 2 are French-language TV channels in Switzerland, part of SRG SSR idée suisse. ...
Geneva: the Mont Blanc bridge over the Rhône River and St Peters Cathedral Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the...
The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the name of the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around the city of Geneva. ...
Lausanne ( 46° 31′ 10″ N 6° 37′ 56″ E) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France). ...
The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ...
1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company (including a corporation), that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a joint stock company. ...
World Radio Geneva (WRG) is the only English-language radio station that broadcasts in the City of Geneva, Switzerland. ...
Radio - La Première
- Espace 2
- Couleur 3
- Option Musique
Television Some of the popular programmes on TSR are: - A Bon Entendeur - a news magazine programme
- Temps Présent -a news magazine programme
- Passe-moi les jumelles
- le 12:45, le 19:30 and le 22:30 - news
External links - Radio Suisse Romande RSR (http://www.rsr.ch)
Italian Unlike its sister companies, Italian-language broadcasting is done by a single company Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana. It produces three radio stations and two TV stations. It is based in the city of Lugano, Ticino. Currently it is popular in northern Italy due to fact it is independent of Italian control. Italian is a Romance language spoken by about 70 million people, most of whom live in Italy. ...
Lugano in the 1900s Lugano is a city in south-east Switzerland, in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. ...
Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland, and almost entirely Italian-speaking (except the German-speaking municipality of Bosco/Gurin). ...
Radio - Rete Uno
- Rete Duo
- Rete Tre
TV
External links - Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana RTSI (http://www.rtsi.ch/prog/rtsi/welcome.cfm)
Romansch Like its Italian sister-company, the Romansch company is a single company Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha. It provides only one radio station and one TV station due to small amount of Romansch speakers. It is based in Chur, Graubünden. Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is any of the various Rhaetian languages spoken in Switzerland. ...
Chur is a town in Switzerland. ...
Graubünden or Grisons (German: Graubünden; Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun; French: Grisons), is the largest and easternmost Swiss canton. ...
The German TV Channel SF1 also dedicates a one-hour program each day to Romansch viewers, broadcasting news, predominantly of political nature, from the region.
External links - Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha RTR (http://www.rtr.ch/go/to)
Other In the 1980's with the advent of satellites SRG SSR idée suisse made Swiss Satellite Radio. A series of three trilingual radio stations on the main types of music. All of the other services are based in the capital of Swizerland, Berne, Canton Berne. A satellite is an object that orbits another object (known as its primary). ...
A multilingual person or a polyglot is someone with a high degree of proficiency in several languages. ...
For other uses, see Bern (disambiguation). ...
The Swiss canton of Bern (German: Kanton Bern; French Canton de Berne) has a population of about 947,000. ...
Swiss Satellite Radio - Radio Swiss Pop
- Radio Swiss Classic
- Radio Swiss Jazz
Swiss Radio International Swiss Radio International is Switzerland's international broadcaster together with the website Swissinfo is the company's international broadcasting arm and is aimed at ex-pats and people interested in Switzerland. From October 2004 SRI ceased broadcasting on shortwave and satellite, to concentrate on their 'multimedia internet platform' (http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/SwissinfoSpecial.html?siteSect=901). The swissinfo website is produced in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese & Japanese. SRI/Swissinfo also make TV pieces for CNN World Report. International broadcasting is broadcasting deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. ...
An expatriate (in abbreviated form expat) is someone temporarily or permanently in a country and culture other than that of their upbringing and/or legal residence. ...
CNN or Cable News Network is a cable television network that was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner & Reese Schonfeld [1] [2] (although he currently is not recognized in CNNs official history). ...
There are a few theories on the demise of SRI/Swissinfo.
- One theory is that the mostly German-run Swiss Federal government has decided to "hide the country" from international exposure as much as possible now that the Cold War is over.
- Another theory is that Switzerland is one of the richest nations in Europe (except for Monaco, Liechtenstein & Luxemburg), and it is customary for the wealthy, to hide themselves so as to keep their propery from being stolen.
- In countries where Germanic languages are spoken (like in the United States & the United Kingdom), there is a movement towards 'gated communities'. The French and Italian Swiss were aginst the shutdown of Swissinfo, but these groups make up only 22% of the population.
The Cold War was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and its allies (roughly speaking, NATO members) and the Soviet Union and its allied (roughly speaking, Warsaw Pact members), until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. ...
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In its modern form, a gated community is a form of closed community, characterized by a controlled entrance for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, usually staffed by full-time, private security guards, that leads into one or more small residential streets, with walls or fences surrounding the perimeter of the entire...
External links - Swiss Radio International / Swissinfo (http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=100)
- The VivaSwissinfo website by disgruntled Swissinfo employees (http://www.vivaswissinfo.org/all/)
External links - SRG SSR idée suisse (http://www.srg.ch)
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