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Schweizer Fernsehen

Type	Broadcast, television and online
Country	Switzerland
Launch date	1958
Former names	SF DRS (until 2005)
Official Website	http://www.sf.tv/

Schweizer Fernsehen (SF) (Swiss Television) is the German language division of SRG SSR idée suisse, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland. It was formerly called SF DRS (abbreviation of: Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz, Swiss television of German and Romansh Switzerland) until 2005. It has its head office in Zürich.^[1]

History

• 1939: First test transmissions of television
• 1964: Introduction of advertising
• 1968: Colour transmissions begin
• 1984: Introduction of Teletext
• 1984: launch of 3sat, in collaboration with ZDF in Germany and ORF in Austria
• 1997: Launch of SF zwei
• 1999: Launch of SF info in the Zurich region
• 2001: SF info begins broadcasting to the whole of German-speaking Switzerland
• 2005: SF DRS becomes SF, accompanying a major re-brand of the network.

Television channels

• SF 1
• SF zwei
• SF info
• HD suisse (in co-operation with TSR and TSI)

See also

• Television in Switzerland

References

External links

• www.sf.tv (German)