Swissinfo / Swiss Radio International
The abbreviation SRI originally stood only for "Swiss Radio International", which was SRG-SSR's international broadcasting arm, aimed at expatriates and others interested in Switzerland. In October 2004 SRI ceased broadcasting on short-wave and satellite, and instead concentrated its efforts on its Swissinfo 'multimedia internet platform', which now takes most of the SRI resources. The Swissinfo website is produced in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese.
Nevertheless, SRI remains an international broadcaster as Swiss Satellite Radio operates under the SRI umbrella. Founded in the 1980s and based in Berne, it consists of three trilingual radio channels for different types of music, available on satellite and the internet as well as terrestrially in Switzerland: Radio Swiss Pop Radio Swiss Classic Radio Swiss Jazz.
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