Roger Elsener is to become the new SRF Director after the SRG Board of Directors elected him at a meeting on March 10th. SRF is the Swiss public broadcaster SRG’s affiliate serving the German-speaking part of the country. Elsener, who is currently CEO of European TV streaming provider Zattoo, which belongs to the Zurich-based TX […]
Citizens in Switzerland have voted against an initiative to reduce the annual licence fee to the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) – the country’s national public broadcaster. The fee, which has already been cut in recent years, currently costs 335 Swiss francs (€372) per household per year. The initiative, backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, […]
As part of its continuous development, Sunrise advises it implementing measures for its new corporate organisation. The Swiss telco has stated that that “responsibilities will be more clearly defined with fewer hierarchical levels and larger management spans” within its new corporate organisation. Additionally, shorter decision paths and the consolidation of overlapping functions will make the […]
Kabelo, the Swiss TV platform, and satellite operator Eutelsat are continuing their cooperation on a long-term basis. The current agreement for the use of satellite capacity on HOTBIRD at 13° East, originally running until the end of 2026, has been extended ahead of schedule by an additional five years, through the end of 2031. Since […]
Adform, the European independent media buying platform, has announced the acquisition of Splicky, the advertising technology division of Switzerland’s Goldbach Group. Founded in Berlin, Splicky has built a strong footprint across the DACH region and is a specialist in Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) advertising. Adform says that, together with Splicky, it will expand service offerings for […]
The National Hockey League (NHL) has announced the opening of its new office located in Zürich, Switzerland. The office will expand the League’s footprint across Europe, focusing on international operations, strategy, and development, including media and sponsorship sales. In addition, fan engagement events and initiatives, such as the NHL Global Fan Tour, NHL Street Hockey […]
Sunrise TV in Switzerland now offers the new SuperSearch function. SuperSearch finds what the user wants across all platforms – with a simple voice command. It uses the artificial intelligence and Google Gemini Flash to do so. “With SuperSearch, we’re setting new standards when it comes to looking for media content. We’re demonstrating the convenience […]
After extending its media partnership with Switzerland’s National League until 2035, Sunrise has also been able to extend the exclusive media rights to the National Hockey League (NHL) for MySports. “We are very pleased to continue working with Sunrise and MySports as the home of hockey for our fans in Switzerland. Sunrise’s commitment to providing […]
Media Distillery, the AI technology provider in video user experience (UX) optimisation, and Sunrise Communications AG, Switzerland’s leading challenger, announce the deployment of the Preview Distillery solution to help Sunrise’s approximately 1 million enhanced TV customers more easily discover appealing content. The solution is at the core of Sunrise’s new ‘TV Highlights’ feature. Live at […]
Sunrise, the Swiss telco, has reported a “solid but softened” net increase of 18,000 mobile postpaid subscriptions in Q2 2025, while the number of Internet subscriptions remained unchanged on an organic basis. Price increases and the resulting deliberate broad reduction of aggressive price promotions were cited as driving factors. Compared to the previous quarter, revenue […]