HD suisse
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HD suisse is a Swiss high-definition
television channel operated by the public service broadcaster
SRG SSR. This is the 8th channel launched by SRG SSR, and currently the only Swiss television channel available in high definition.
The channel began broadcasting on 3 December 2007, at 20:00 CET
.
Programming comes from the four TV networks operated by SRG SSR (Schweizer Fernsehen
, Télévision Suisse Romande
, Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana
and Radio Television Rumantscha
), plus music concerts and documentaries (produced by National Geographic Channel
).
The channel broadcast in all four national languages of Switzerland: German, French, Italian and Romansh.
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
television channel operated by the public service broadcaster
Public broadcasting
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SRG SSR. This is the 8th channel launched by SRG SSR, and currently the only Swiss television channel available in high definition.
The channel began broadcasting on 3 December 2007, at 20:00 CET
Central European Time
Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...
.
Programming comes from the four TV networks operated by SRG SSR (Schweizer Fernsehen
Schweizer Fernsehen
Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland...
, Télévision Suisse Romande
Télévision Suisse Romande
Télévision Suisse Romande is a TV network with 2 channels: TSR 1 and TSR 2. They are the main French language channels in Switzerland, part of SRG SSR idée suisse...
, Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana
Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana
Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation, part of SRG SSR. RSI handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programs in Italian for Switzerland...
and Radio Television Rumantscha
Radio Television Rumantscha
Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha is a Swiss broadcasting company which offers programming to Romansh-speakers in Switzerland and around the world.-History:...
), plus music concerts and documentaries (produced by National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society. Like History and the Discovery Channel, the channel features documentaries with factual...
).
The channel broadcast in all four national languages of Switzerland: German, French, Italian and Romansh.