Making TV is not that easy

Regional TV The Mister Switzerland election did not thrill all viewers, as the technical deficiencies in the sound and picture quality were too obvious. Tele M1 reacted immediately and apologized to its audience with a full-page advertisement in the Aargauer Zeitung. The seven regional TV stations that broadcast the election are not to blame. They took over the ready-made production of the programme from the Mister Switzerland organizing committee. This in turn had entrusted the Decatron company with the production contract. "As long as we as regional television have too little financial means to really have such big boxes professionally realized, we should rather do without it completely in the future," says Tele-M1 boss Florenz Schaffner angrily.
Despite the shortcomings, 148,000 people (net reach) watched the election of the most beautiful Swiss on Tele M1 alone. On TeleZüri, the show was even a huge success with over 700,000 viewers.
(dse)