Télévision Suisse Romande Explained

Network Name:	Télévision suisse romande (TSR)
Country:	Switzerland
Network Type:	Broadcast radio and television
Headquarters:	Geneva
Replaced:	Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)
Parent:	SRG SSR

Télévision Suisse Romande ("Swiss Television Romandy") was a TV network with two channels: TSR 1 and TSR 2 (the two channels became RTS Un and RTS Deux after 2012). They were the main French-language channels in Switzerland, part of SRG SSR (SRG SSR Idée Suisse before 2010). They provided content for TV5Monde. Radio Suisse Romande and Télévision Suisse Romande merged on 1 January 2010 to create Radio Télévision Suisse.

History

The first evening programme in colour was broadcast on Télévision Suisse Romande in 1968,^[1] which was also the first year in which more than one million Swiss households had a television.^[1]

Programmes

The station can be received throughout Switzerland, and also in some neighboring countries.

Some of the popular programmes on TSR are:

• le 12:45, le 19:00 and le 19:30 – news broadcasts
• À Bon Entendeur – a consumer magazine programme (French)
• Temps Présent – a recent events programme (French)
• Passe-moi les jumelles (French)
• Nouvo – a news magazine about new technologies, media and communications (French)
• Infrarouge – a debating programme (French)
• TTC (http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=390000 French)
• Mise Au Point (French)

See also

• Pierre-Alain Donnier
• Sibylle Blanc
• Television in Switzerland

Notes and References

1. Sonia Arnal, "C'est l'autre (la vraie ?) révolution de 1968 : la TV couleur débarque en Suisse", Allez savoir !, no. 42, September 2008.