Radiotelevisione Svizzera

Radiotelevisione Svizzera
legal form	Branch of the SRG (association)
founding	1931
Seat	Lugano , Switzerland
management	Maurizio Canetta, director
Number of employees	1,068 (2012)
Branch	broadcast
Website	www.rsi.ch

RSI logo from February 2009 to 2012

Logo of the RTSI until February 2009

Radiotelevisione Svizzera (radio and television in Italian-speaking Switzerland, RSI (until February 2009: RTSI)) is a corporate unit of SRG SSR based in Lugano . Maurizio Canetta has been the general director since June 2014, the radio heads are Francesco Coluccia and Dino Balestra (ad interim, Maurizio Canetta was second radio director until 2013), and Stefano Franchini is the television head. In 2012, RSI had a workforce of 1,068 full-time positions. The operating expenses for 2012 amounted to 239.3 million Swiss francs.

Programs

RSI currently operates three radio and two television channels (the respective market shares are in 2012):

• Rete Uno is the most popular radio program in Italian-speaking Switzerland. It is designed as a classic full program for broad sections of the population and, according to market research results, is heard by almost all sections of the population. The market share in Italian-speaking Switzerland is 47.2%.
• Rete Due is a cultural program and has a market share of 5.0%.
• As a music-oriented program, Rete Tre is aimed primarily at younger listeners. The market share is 18.0%.
• RSI LA 1 is a full television program. The market share is 23.5%.
• RSI LA 2 mainly brings sports programs with a market share of 8.2%.

reception

In Ticino and the Italian-speaking communities of Graubünden as well as neighboring parts of Italy , all RSI radio programs can be received via VHF. Rete Uno is also broadcast in other parts of Switzerland via VHF, and reception is possible via a medium wave frequency. LA 1 and LA 2 were broadcast in Italian-speaking Switzerland via DVB-T until June 3, 2019 ; analog broadcasting was discontinued in 2006. In German-speaking and French -speaking Switzerland , only LA 1 could be received terrestrially via DVB-T. Between 1990 and 2002, this program had already been broadcast almost across the board via an analogue broadcasting network north of the Alps.

All programs from LA 1 and LA 2 are also broadcast in encrypted form via the Eutelsat Hotbird satellite.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} SRG SSR: SRG SSR: Radiotelevisione svizzera. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 30, 2017 ; Retrieved June 22, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Radiotelevisione Svizzera: RSI imprint. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 2, 2013 ; Retrieved June 22, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ SRG SSR: SRG SSR: Dino Balestra. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 2, 2013 ; Retrieved June 22, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ SRG SSR: SRG SSR Annual Report 2012 (page 42). (pdf; 6.2 MB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 2, 2014 ; Retrieved June 22, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

literature

• Paola Beltrame: Televisione della Svizzera Italiana (TSI), Comano TI . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1827 f.
• Pierre Lepori : Radio Svizzera Italiana (RSI), Lugano TI . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , pp. 1453-1456.

Web links

• RSI website