Announcers disappear from screens in French-speaking Switzerland
Wie bei anderen Fernsehsendern verschwinden Ansagerinnen auch beim Westschweizer Fernsehen (TSR). Ab September 2012 werden die anglofranzösisch «speakerines» genannten Frauen durch Stimmen aus dem Off und Grafiken ersetzt.
Staff were informed of the move on Wednesday, media spokeswoman Barbara Stutz confirmed in a report on the website of the daily newspaper 24 Heures. The announcers have been with French-speaking Swiss television since it was in its infancy.
Swiss television in German-speaking Switzerland definitively abolished announcers in 1997. They had already been reduced to a niche existence. (SDA)
