SRF: All heads of the Programs department filled

Hansruedi Schoch, designated Head of the Programs Department at Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), has appointed all the heads of the new department: Iso Rechsteiner will become Deputy Head of the Programs Department and Program Officer, Stefano Semeria will take over as Head of TV, and Beat Witschi will become Head of Multimedia. The Programs department is responsible for SRF's entire television, radio and multimedia offering.

The 44-year-old Iso Rechsteiner (pictured) becomes Program Officer and Deputy Head of the new Programmes Department. He has been Director of Schweizer Radio DRS since 2009 and has worked for SR DRS for 16 years, initially as editor for the "Regionaljournal Ostschweiz" in St. Gallen" and from 1999 also as Graubünden correspondent and broadcasting editor for the "Bündnerjournal" in the Chur studio. He then worked for four years in the business editorial department. From 2006 to 2009, Rechsteiner headed the regional editorial offices of SR DRS and has been a member of the management team since 2006.
The 44-year-old Stefano Semeria takes over as Head of TV at SRF and thus responsibility for SF 1, SF zwei and SF info. He currently works as an independent consultant specializing in TV and online video for various TV stations, producers, portal operators and publishers. The Head of Multimedia will take over Beat Witschi. The 52-year-old has been working as an independent media consultant in Atlanta since 2008 in the areas of cross-media strategy and production, integrated news production, media convergence and social media (for CNN, Deutsche Welle and Al Jazeera English, among others).
Hansruedi Schoch appointed the other heads of the new Programs department at the end of September 2010: From January 1, 2011 Robert Ruckstuhl Head of Radio, Alex stapler Creative Director and Head of Design SRF, Sandra Figini Head of Documentation and Archives.

(Image source: SF/SR DRS)

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