RTS 1 (french: RTS Un) is a
Swiss
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public television channel owned by
RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, the
public broadcaster
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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''
* ''
Station Horizon
''Station Horizon'' is a 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 Australia, and Netflix in the U ...
''
References
External links
*
Television stations in Switzerland
1954 establishments in Switzerland
Television channels and stations established in 1954
French-language television in Switzerland
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