Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – SSR, the Swiss public broadcasting company, will combine TSR and RSR, its television and radio units in French-speaking Switzerland, as well as its television and radio in German-speaking Switzerland. The move is designed in part as a response to a group 2008 financial loss of CHF79 million, reports TSR, citing an SSR press release, but also as a longer term response to changing audience habits and technical developments in journalism.

The company does not foresee closing any of its offices or operating units. World Radio Switzerland and swissinfo are the two English language SSR operations, with radio for Swiss residents and an online service  for the Swiss outside Switzerland.

Posted by Ellen Wallace on 19 March 2009 at 11:25, last updated on 13 August 2009 at 11:20 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 19 March 2009.

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