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Radio Télévision Suisse

Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) is SRG SSR’s French-language broadcasting unit, offering radio, television, news, sports and online services.

Last updated September 25, 2026

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Overview

Radio Télévision Suisse, commonly known as RTS, is the French-language broadcasting unit of SRG SSR, Switzerland’s public broadcasting organization. RTS serves French-speaking Switzerland through radio, television and online services. The supplied official service description identifies RTS 1 and RTS 2 among its television services, and RTS Première, RTS Espace 2, RTS Couleur 3 and RTS Option Musique among its radio services. Its offering includes broadcast programming, information and sports coverage, programme listings, and online access to its radio and television content. The RTS website also publishes news and cultural reporting, as reflected in the supplied homepage and article evidence. The service description invites audiences to access programmes, follow information and sports coverage, participate in competitions and consult radio and television schedules. RTS is not presented in the supplied evidence as an independently owned or listed company: its privacy statement describes it as a business unit of SRG SSR. The evidence gives a Geneva contact address for RTS. It does not establish a founding date, founder, current executive leadership, or a separate corporate listing for the brand.

History

Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) is the French-language broadcasting unit of SRG SSR. The supplied official privacy statement explicitly identifies RTS as a business unit of SRG SSR, establishing its place within the broader Swiss broadcasting organization. The available evidence does not specify when RTS was founded, who founded it, or the precise sequence of organizational changes that produced the current unit; those details are therefore not asserted here. RTS’s documented service portfolio spans radio, television and online access. Its official service description names RTS 1 and RTS 2 as television services and RTS Première, RTS Espace 2, RTS Couleur 3 and RTS Option Musique as radio services. It also describes access to programmes, information and sports coverage, competitions, and radio and television schedules. This combination positions RTS as a broad French-language broadcaster rather than a single-channel or single-format offering. The RTS website also functions as a publishing platform. The supplied homepage displays current news and audio and video items, while a supplied cultural article illustrates reporting on arts and exhibitions. These examples support a description of RTS as a broadcaster with editorial and online content; they do not establish a complete catalogue of its programming or services. The official privacy statement gives a Geneva contact address and says RTS operates under SRG SSR’s data-protection declaration. Together, these details support identifying Geneva as the documented contact location and SRG SSR as the parent organization. The supplied material does not identify RTS’s executives, provide financial or listing information, or record specific founding, merger, acquisition or leadership milestones. Accordingly, no such dates or events are included.

Products and positioning

A French-language public-service broadcasting and digital media provider serving French-speaking Switzerland as part of SRG SSR.

  • RTS 1 and RTS 2

    Television services named in RTS’s official service description.

  • RTS Première, RTS Espace 2, RTS Couleur 3 and RTS Option Musique

    Radio services named in RTS’s official service description.

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