SRG appoints Gérard Tschopp as Head of Media Convergence Projects
SRG is driving media convergence forward: The Board of Directors has now appointed the various project managers. Under the overall leadership of Gérard Tschopp, the systematic collaboration among the various business units—which was decided in March—is to be organized.
SRG is pushing ahead with media convergence: the Board of Directors has now appointed the project managers. Under their leadership, the systematic cooperation between the various company units that was decided in March will be organized.
On Wednesday, Gérard Tschopp, Director of Radio Suisse Romande (RSR), was appointed overall project manager. He will remain in his position at RSR until media convergence is implemented in Suisse Romande. Tschopp is responsible for planning, monitoring and implementing the overall project. Two weeks ago, he was also elected to the Board of Directors of Publisuisse.
Stephan Giachino has been appointed head of the "Optimization of support processes" sub-project. Giachino has proven himself as project manager for HKLR (harmonized cost-performance accounting), as SRG writes in its press release on Wednesday.
Gilles Marchand, Director of Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR), has been appointed head of the convergence project in Suisse Romande. Under his leadership, a team of executives from RSR and TSR will be put together. In German-speaking Switzerland, the Board of Directors of SRG Deutschschweiz will define the project organization by the end of May and appoint the project management by the end of June. In Italian-speaking Switzerland, the project is already being implemented under the leadership of Director Dino Balestra.
Gérard Tschopp and Stephan Giachino will begin their work at the start of May and start planning the project activities and setting up the national project organization. The project teams in the regions will draw up a detailed project report with proposals for future services, structures and processes. This will be followed by the invitation to tender and the election of directors in the regions. In Suisse Romande, implementation of the projects is expected to begin at the start of 2010; in German-speaking Switzerland, implementation will begin in 2011 due to the size and more complex structures.
On Wednesday, Gérard Tschopp, Director of Radio Suisse Romande (RSR), was appointed overall project manager. He will remain in his position at RSR until media convergence is implemented in Suisse Romande. Tschopp is responsible for planning, monitoring and implementing the overall project. Two weeks ago, he was also elected to the Board of Directors of Publisuisse.
Stephan Giachino has been appointed head of the "Optimization of support processes" sub-project. Giachino has proven himself as project manager for HKLR (harmonized cost-performance accounting), as SRG writes in its press release on Wednesday.
Gilles Marchand, Director of Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR), has been appointed head of the convergence project in Suisse Romande. Under his leadership, a team of executives from RSR and TSR will be put together. In German-speaking Switzerland, the Board of Directors of SRG Deutschschweiz will define the project organization by the end of May and appoint the project management by the end of June. In Italian-speaking Switzerland, the project is already being implemented under the leadership of Director Dino Balestra.
Gérard Tschopp and Stephan Giachino will begin their work at the start of May and start planning the project activities and setting up the national project organization. The project teams in the regions will draw up a detailed project report with proposals for future services, structures and processes. This will be followed by the invitation to tender and the election of directors in the regions. In Suisse Romande, implementation of the projects is expected to begin at the start of 2010; in German-speaking Switzerland, implementation will begin in 2011 due to the size and more complex structures.
On March 18, the SRG Board of Directors approved the company-wide objectives and framework conditions for the "Media Convergence and Efficiency" project. In order to facilitate systematic cooperation, the corporate units still separated into radio and television in Suisse Romande and German-speaking Switzerland, such as Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI) and Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha (RTR), are to be merged into a single linguistic-regional corporate unit. The aim is to take account of the different markets and cultures, ensure journalistic diversity and retain the main locations.
