RTS 1 (french: RTS Un) is a
Swiss public television channel owned by
RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, the
public broadcaster
Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing ...
for the
Romand people.
History
Launched on 1 May 1954 to succeed
Télé Genève, RTS Un is the first channel of the two Swiss French networks of television group RTS (the other being
RTS Deux
RTS 2 (''RTS deux''), launched on 1 September 1997 as TSR2 and renamed in 2012, is the second Swiss (French-speaking) public television channel owned by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS); the other is RTS 1.
Logos and identities
TSR2 logo ...
).
In 1968 the channel first aired programmes in colour.
RTS took part in the creation of
TV5 in 1984, and provides programmes for the international channel.
Following the launch of TSR 2 in 1997, TSR renamed itself to TSR 1 and RTS Un in 2012.
RTS Un is available in
Aosta Valley, Italy, due to Italian self-government laws, and until the cessation of all digital terrestrial signals in Switzerland in 2019 could also be received in the border areas via spillover.
Logos and identities
File:TSR1 logo (1997-2006).png, TSR 1 logo from 1997 to 2006
File:Tsr1 logo.png, TSR 1 logo from 2006 to 2012
File:RTS un.svg, RTS Un logo from 2012 to 2015
File:RTS un HD.svg, RTS Un HD logo from 2012 to 2015
File:RTS Un logo 2015.svg, RTS Un logo from 2015 to 2019
See also
* ''
26 minutes
''26 minutes'' (''26’'') was a humorous weekly French-language Swiss television programme starring Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon. It was broadcast between 2015 and 2017 on RTS Un, following their daily radio programme ''120 secondes'' (' ...
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* ''
Station Horizon
''Station Horizon'' is a Television in Switzerland, Swiss TV show that originally aired on RTS Un. It is a dramedy set in Valais, in a small town inspired by American culture. Internationally, Station Horizon is broadcast on SBS On Demand in Austr ...
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References
External links
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Television stations in Switzerland
1954 establishments in Switzerland
Television channels and stations established in 1954
French-language television in Switzerland
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