RTS Info

RTS Info is the news brand and virtual television channel of Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), the French-language branch of Switzerland’s public-service broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. It serves audiences in French-speaking Switzerland through a combination of radio, television, online publishing, streamed video and text-based news services. The RTS Info channel was launched on 26 December 2006 as an Internet-based television service. Rather than operating as a conventional television channel with a fully separate programming schedule, it functions as a continuous news stream built from RTS editorial output and material supplied by SWISS TXT, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation’s teletext and accessibility-services unit. Its programming includes rolling or repeated news content, scheduled RTS news bulletins, weather information, press reviews and text news. RTS Info is closely integrated with the wider RTS newsroom and digital ecosystem. Its content draws on the broadcaster’s reporting in Swiss national affairs, politics, international news, economics, society, culture, science, sport and weather. The service’s French-language focus gives it a particular role in serving audiences in Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Valais, Jura and other francophone or bilingual parts of Switzerland. Through the RTS website and associated digital distribution, its news output is also available beyond traditional television and radio reception. The channel broadcasts continuously through an Internet stream and regularly simulcasts on RTS 2, especially overnight and during the early morning. This arrangement allows RTS to maintain a persistent news presence while using the main television network for broader general-interest programming during the day. RTS Info therefore operates both as a recognizable consumer-facing news label and as a distribution layer for RTS’s wider editorial operation. Its principal offerings include rebroadcasts of RTS television news editions, including the midday, early-evening and evening bulletins; Swiss weather forecasts; reviews of the Swiss French-language press; video news; and textual news updates. The brand’s positioning is that of a public-service, French-language news source emphasizing continuous access, national coverage and integration across radio, television and online platforms. As part of SRG SSR, RTS Info is not a publicly listed commercial company and does not have an independently reported stock-market identity.

RTS Info emerged from the news and information activities of Radio Télévision Suisse, the French-language operating unit of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Its creation reflects the Swiss public broadcaster’s broader move toward integrating traditional radio and television journalism with continuous Internet distribution and digital news access. The RTS Info virtual television channel was launched on 26 December 2006. It was designed as an Internet-streamed service rather than a conventional stand-alone broadcast channel. The service could maintain a continuous news presence by combining RTS editorial material with content provided by SWISS TXT. This model allowed the broadcaster to reuse and extend its established newsroom output across a dedicated information stream. The channel’s schedule has centered on recurring RTS news editions and supporting information formats. These include rebroadcasts of the 12:45 p.m., 6:55 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. RTS news bulletins, Swiss weather forecasts, reviews of the French-language Swiss press and textual news updates. The service also carries video news and functions as a persistent digital point of access to RTS reporting. RTS Info is also linked to the programming strategy of RTS 2. The channel is regularly simulcast on RTS 2 during periods such as nighttime and early morning, when the main television service may not be carrying its full daytime schedule. This arrangement gives RTS Info additional television reach while preserving its identity as an always-available news stream. Over time, RTS Info has operated as more than a single video channel. The name refers broadly to RTS’s news platforms across radio, television and the Internet, with the website serving as a central access point for articles, video, live or streamed material and other news updates. Its role is consequently both editorial and distributive: it represents the French-language news offer of RTS while connecting the broadcaster’s newsroom to multiple forms of public access. The brand remains part of the SRG SSR public-service broadcasting structure. Its activity is concentrated on Swiss and international news for French-speaking audiences in Switzerland, with distribution shaped by the country’s multilingual media system and by the continuing shift from scheduled broadcasting toward on-demand and online consumption.

• 2006

  RTS Info virtual television channel launches

  [1]RTS Infoen.wikipedia.org

  RTS Info begins operation on 26 December as an Internet-based virtual television channel providing a continuous stream of RTS news content.

A public-service, French-language Swiss news service providing continuous access to RTS reporting across streaming, television, radio and online channels.

• Online news

  RTS Info online news platform

  The RTS Info website provides the digital-facing news offer of Radio Télévision Suisse. It brings together French-language reporting, text updates, video news and information drawn from the RTS newsroom, giving audiences an online alternative to scheduled radio and television consumption. It is also the main public web destination associated with the RTS Info brand.

• Streaming news channel · 2006

  RTS Info continuous stream

  The continuous Internet stream is the defining channel product of RTS Info. It assembles RTS editorial programming and SWISS TXT content into a persistent news service. The stream includes video news, repeated scheduled bulletins, weather information, press reviews and textual news, and is designed to remain available outside the main schedules of RTS television and radio.

• Television news

  RTS news bulletin rebroadcasts

  RTS Info regularly rebroadcasts major RTS news editions, including the 12:45 p.m., 6:55 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. bulletins. These scheduled editions provide a structured backbone for the continuous service and extend the reach of RTS’s principal television news programs through streaming and simulcasts.

• Information programming

  Weather and press-review segments

  Supporting RTS Info programming includes Swiss weather forecasts and reviews of the French-language Swiss press. These segments complement breaking and scheduled news with practical information and summaries of the domestic media agenda, reinforcing the service’s public-information role.

1. 1RTS Infoen.wikipedia.org
2. 2RTS Info official websiterts.ch