RSI La 1

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RSI LA 1
Country Switzerland
Programming
Language(s) Italian
Picture format 720p HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner Radiotelevisione Svizzera di lingua Italiana
Sister channels RSI La 2
History
Launched18 November 1958
Former namesTSI (1958–1997)
TSI 1 (1997–2009)
Links
Website la1.rsi.ch
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital DVB-T
(ceased on 3 June 2019)

RSI LA 1 (la uno, formerly TSI 1) is one of two television channels produced by Radiotelevisione Svizzera di lingua Italiana for the Italian-speaking community of Switzerland. LA 1, which can be received in all parts of the country, is a generalist channel with a schedule encompassing news, entertainment, drama, cinema films, documentaries, and sport.

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From 1993 to 1997 the British graphic design company Lambie-Nairn produced for LA 1 the idents and the commercial bumpers of the masked troubadour, who was played by the British actor Joplin Sibtain. [1] [2] [3]

As well as being transmitted digitally throughout the Confederation, LA 1's programmes are also receivable on cable and encoded, via satellite. Until February 28, 2009, the station was called TSI 1, and before that (before TSI 2 went on air) RTSI. RSI LA1 has also been broadcast in HD since February 29, 2012.

Logos and identities

Programmes

News and information

Magazines

Game shows

Entertainment

See also

Notes and references

  1. Lambie-Nairn, Martin (1997). Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On. Phaidon. pp. 194–205. ISBN   9780714834474.
  2. "Lambie-Nairn + Company reveal their role in helping the Swiss take on a new character". Creative Review . Vol. 14, no. 1. January 1994. pp. 44–45.
  3. "Giù la maschera" [Take off the mask](PDF) (in Italian).
  4. Una storia fatta di loghi
  5. "Storia del logo della TSI" [History of the TSI logo] (in Italian). 11 October 2024.