SRG: Cost-cutting measures at RTR
The smallest SRG business unit, Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha (RTR), had to tighten its belt last year. Savings measures amounting to CHF 750,000 were taken at Rhaeto-Romanic radio and television.
Savings were made in administration and production. In order to maintain the current range of programs until 2015, RTR is dependent on an additional CHF 1.2 million per year, said Director Mariano Tschuor on Tuesday in Chur. An expansion of the television program has not yet been taken into account and is not an issue at the moment. RTR's radio and television program costs CHF 21 million per year. According to Tschuor, 23 million francs are needed in the medium term to fulfill the programming mandate.
The new RTR project entitled "Las Alps infoteca" was presented on Tuesday. The plan is to set up a competence center for the media in the Alps in Chur. This is to deal with topics that concern people throughout the Alpine arc. The plan is to set up a network to offer these topics to an international audience. In a second step, "Las-Alps- infoteca" will produce its own journalistic products. RTR is launching the project, but the organization has yet to be founded. The information platform will be presented in detail at a conference in Chur in November. RTR boss Tschuor emphasized that the project will not be financed with licence fee money. Partners would have to be found in order to establish a supporting company.
The new RTR project entitled "Las Alps infoteca" was presented on Tuesday. The plan is to set up a competence center for the media in the Alps in Chur. This is to deal with topics that concern people throughout the Alpine arc. The plan is to set up a network to offer these topics to an international audience. In a second step, "Las-Alps- infoteca" will produce its own journalistic products. RTR is launching the project, but the organization has yet to be founded. The information platform will be presented in detail at a conference in Chur in November. RTR boss Tschuor emphasized that the project will not be financed with licence fee money. Partners would have to be found in order to establish a supporting company.
