"Tagesschau" in 100 seconds for Swisscom customers
Starting December 1, Swiss television network SF will produce a 100-second edition of «Tagesschau.» From 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., viewers will be able to check the latest news on their cell phones every hour on the hour.
From December 1, Swiss television SF will be producing a "Tagesschau" in 100 seconds. From 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., viewers will be able to catch up on the latest news on their cell phones on the hour, according to a press release. The new information service will initially only be produced for Swisscom. Swisscom mobile customers with a UMTS phone will be able to use the "Tagesschau" in 100 seconds. TSR is producing an identical service in French. A separate workflow has been organized within "Tagesschau" for the new service, which is independent of the production of the TV "Tagesschau". Five full-time positions are earmarked for the production of the 17 bulletins per day. As the project is urgent, these positions have already been filled in the last few days. The technical project will be managed by Bruno Schärer. Jürg Lehmann is responsible for coordination and staff recruitment.
Each bulletin contains five to six reports from all areas, which are updated on an ongoing basis. There are also sports results, stock market indices and meteo. 100 seconds is a project of the editor-in-chief. As there are many points of contact with multimedia, the 100 seconds team will be transferred to the Multimedia Center in the course of next year.
