Schweizer Fernsehen (SF; "Swiss Television") was the German-language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in Switzerland for German-speaking Switzerland. It had its head office in Zürich.Kontakt . Schweizer Fernsehen. Retrieved on 1 November 2009. Its most viewed programme was Tagesschau (news), daily at 7:30 pm.
It was formerly called SF DRS (Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz; "Swiss television of German and Romansh Switzerland") until 2005. On 1 January 2011, Schweizer Fernsehen and Schweizer Radio DRS began the process of merging the two entities into Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). On 16 December 2012, the merger was complete, with SF and SR DRS adopting the SRF name to their television and radio stations.
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 Zürich 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. 2007: Launch of HD suisse in 720p quality (in co-operation with TSR and RSI) 2012: HDTV transmission (not all programmes yet) of SF 1, SF zwei and SF info; HD suisse was closed in return
Television channels SF 1 SF zwei SF info
See also Television in Switzerland
References
External links
www.srf.ch