Record frequencies for teletext and teletext.ch

Teletext on TV screens and the Internet proved to be an important and highly frequented information platform during the floods. information platform.

(pr) Teletext on the TV screen
and on the Internet is an important and highly frequented
Information platform, especially for extraordinary events.
This was done on the occasion of the floods that occurred at the end of August in the
Switzerland is impressively confirmed. Over 1.8 million Swiss men and women
Swiss informed themselves on August 21, 2005, via teletext on the
SRG SSR idée suisse channels about the current situation. At
teletext.ch received over 1.2 million page impressions on August 23.
registered.
The teletext is through its permanent updating and
availability is an important element in the
SRG SSR's public service offering. The regular references
within the SRG SSR channels enabled in the case of the
Flood disaster an almost seamless information. With over 1.8
million readers, teletext on the SRG SSR channels recorded
a new daily high on August 21, 2005. This means a
additional utilization of plus 40 percent compared to the
average daily gross reach of around 1.3 million
people (15 years+). Teletext achieved the highest ratings in the
German-speaking Switzerland most affected on the SF DRS channels with
1,341,600 users. The number of users increased by over 150 percent to 120,000.
daily use of teletext on the SFinfo channel with the
additional traffic information service from viasuisse and SWISS TXT.
The teletext.ch website recorded the same development. A new
The absolute daily peak was reached on August 23, with more than 1.2 million
page views were registered. In the month of August
teletext.ch measured over 14 million page views. This, too, is a striking
Increase compared with the average monthly figure for 2005 of around
10 million page views.

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