Schweiz – Suisse – Svizzera – Svizra 4

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Schweiz – Suisse – Svizzera – Svizra 4
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Country Switzerland
Programming
Language(s) French, German, Italian, Romansh
Picture format SDTV 576i
Ownership
Owner SRG SSR
History
Launched1 March 1995;29 years ago (1995-03-01)
ReplacedS Plus (1993–1995)
Closed1 September 1997;26 years ago (1997-09-01)
Replaced by SF2, TSR 2 and TSI 2

Schweiz 4 (German for Switzerland 4), also known under equivalent names in Switzerland's other official languages, was a Swiss terrestrial television channel owned by SRG SSR, the federal broadcasting corporation. The channel evolved from the former S Plus, a channel that existed since 1993 and whose frequencies dated back to the Sports Network (Sportkette) created in 1982 following the vertiginous rise of sports broadcasts on Swiss television.

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Background and history

Sportkette Plus or Sport Plus, marketed as SPlus, was a sports overflow channel with Roy Oppenheim  [ de ] at the helm. [1] The slogan of the service was "One Program on Two Channels" (Ein Programm auf zwei Kanälen). [2] The channel received a licence from the Federal Council on 18 November 1992, in order to broadcast [2] and started its services on 25 September 1993, for the whole of Switzerland. [3] The coverage was limited to German-speaking Switzerland and had overspill to Romandy in the Rostigräden area.

From January 1994, S Plus started carrying repeats of SF DRS's Tagesschau , [4] followed by Romansh-language programming starting in April that year. These programmes included newscast Telesguard  [ rm ] three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays), Sunday programme by Svizra Rumantscha fortnightly, the live magazine show Damondas da..., Tschà for children eight times in the year and Istorgias di buna notg (bedtime story) once a week. All of the programmes were carried with German subtitles. [5]

On 1 March 1995, the channel was renamed Schweiz 4. [6] Unlike the previous S Plus, carriage of the terrestrial signal was nationwide, with the aim of broadcasting one channel per language sector.

On 1 September 1997, Schweiz 4 shut down, being replaced by three individual second networks tied to their respective language broadcasters: SF2 in the German regions, TSR 2 in Romandy and TSI 2 in Ticino.

Programming

Suisse 4, mainly programmed Euronews during the morning. In the afternoon, the Swissview  [ de ] program, consisting of aerial shots from a helicopter flying over the whole of Switzerland, was the channel's most regular program during the two and a half years of its existence. The programme stemmed from the channel's graphic identity, which featured aerial shots of Switzerland taken from a hot air balloon. The idea was created by Mario Fumasoli  [ de ], who suggested the creation of the programme. [7] Little by little, the program diversified to include series, but mainly cultural and sports programs as well as films and documentaries during the evening. The Suisse 4 program was quite close to that of the later Swiss public channel, HD Suisse.

Among the channel's own productions, the program on federal politics was a first experience of trilingual editorial, located in Bern, near the Federal Palace. There were notably the following polyglot journalists: Massimo Isotta, Nicolas Rossé, Raphaël Engel, Anne-Lise von Bergen, Georges Gandola and others.

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References

  1. ↑ "Dokument öffnen Roy Oppenheim wird Programmdirektor von SPlus". medienportal.sf.tv. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  2. 1 2 "Bundesrat erteilt SRG neue Konzession". medienportal.sf.tv. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  3. ↑ "Vierter Kanal SPlus sendet schweizweit". medienportal.sf.tv. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  4. ↑ ""Tagesschau"-Wiederholung auf SPlus". medienportal.sf.tv. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  5. ↑ "Strukturplan betrifft romanische Fernsehprogramme". medienportal.sf.tv. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  6. ↑ "Schweiz4 geht auf Sendung, 1.3.1995". Medienportal.
  7. ↑ «Schweiz 4» startet. In: SRF Play TV. 1 March 1995.
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