SRG SSR - Organisation

Organisation

SRG SSR is located in Bern. It is governed by a Board of Directors, appointed by a central council consisting of representatives of the four parent organisations.

Broadcasting is handled by seven business units:

• Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen: handles German-speaking radio and television
  • Schweizer Radio DRS: handles German-speaking radio
  • Schweizer Fernsehen: handles German-speaking television
• Radio télévision suisse: handles French-speaking radio and television
  • Radio Suisse Romande: handles French-speaking radio
  • Télévision Suisse Romande: handles French-speaking television
• Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana: handles Italian-speaking radio and television
• Radio Television Rumantscha: handles Romansh-speaking radio and television
• Swiss Radio International / Swissinfo: handles external services and the web portal swissinfo.ch

In addition, there are six subsidiary companies which produce TV programmes, teletext pages, book publishing, TV commercials, and audience research.

Terrestrially, the only television channels available in the whole of Switzerland are SF 1, RTS Un, and RSI La 1, but the other channels are all available via every cable network in the country, as well as DTH satellite. As 97% of Swiss households have access to either cable or DTH, this means that all the radio and TV channels are available to nearly all listeners and viewers, wherever they live in Switzerland.