SRG spends more money on sports at the expense of information
Last year, SRG spent less on its news and culture division. According to the annual report, this was due to rising expenses in the sports division.
SRG reported the costs of sports rights for the first time (Werbewoche.ch reported). Over the past four years, sports rights have accounted for CHF 51.2 million annually. SRG thus offers the public a sports program with more than 100 sports, the company wrote in a statement on Tuesday.
Last year, the focus was generally on sports. Due to the major events, spending in this division increased by 29.7 million to 210.1 million Swiss francs, as shown in the 2016 annual report. This corresponds to 13 percent of total spending on programming content. Information remains the largest cost block at CHF 605.1 million - compared to CHF 626.0 million in the previous year. Expenditure on culture, society and education also fell from CHF 309.7 million to CHF 281.0 million.
Lion's share for news broadcasts
SRF invested a total of CHF 51.4 million in its daily news broadcasts last year. Of that, CHF 22.1 million was spent on the daily news. Costs were somewhat lower in French-speaking Switzerland: RTS spent CHF 36 million on daily news broadcasts. The bulk of this, 29 million francs, was spent on the "12h45" and "19h30" programs. By comparison, German broadcaster ZDF invests about twice as much, 104.2 million euros, in its daily news magazines. Of this, the various versions of "heute" news account for 55.6 million euros.
Most expensive shipment comes from French-speaking Switzerland
For the weekly magazine programs on SRG, the costs per issue last year averaged between CHF 40,000 and CHF 145,000, with the RTS program "Temps Présent" being the most expensive. "Einstein" (116,000 francs), "Rundschau" (108,000 francs), "Kassensturz" (104,000 francs), "ECO" (70,000 francs) and "Kulturplatz" (66,000 francs) also cost over 100,000 francs. The new foreign magazine "#SRFglobal" cost 41,000 Swiss francs.
The talk shows were less expensive. Last year, "Schawinski" was available for 16,000 francs per issue. A "Club" cost 25,000 francs and an "Arena" 37,000 francs. The costs for the shows "Sternstunden," "Aeschbacher" and "Literaturclub" ranged from 14,000 to 59,000 francs. (SDA)
