SWISS TXT: from teletext provider to multimedia service provider

SWISS TXT repositions itself as a multimedia service provider.The demand for digital media solutions continues unabated. SWISS TXT, the previous teletext provider, also faced the digital revolution. Teletext, which had been available on classic TV for decades, was successfully transformed to smartphones and laptops. Through this experience of digital transformation, as well as through numerous multimedia developments and projects, SWISS TXT has been able to establish itself over the years as a service provider for digital media for SRG SSR.Service provider for digital media and servicesFor the TV channels SRF, RTS and RSI, an online video portal was realized for the Olympic Games in Rio and the UEFA European Football Championship in France. This included web TV in the form of video streaming (live or time-delayed) as well as results applications with match schedules, tables, highlights and statistics. Viewers also found supplementary content on SRF+, RTS+ and RSI+, SRG's smart TV offering developed by SWISS TXT. The J.S. Bach Foundation St. Gallen has also recently started offering its worldwide fan community all cantata concerts online as paid video-on-demand.All multimedia applications are hosted on its own cloud and content is played out via the internal CDN infrastructure. Full-service provider Quickline AG also operates the replay offering for its cable network customers on a high-performance video storage facility.In 2015, SWISS TXT subtitled around 50% of the programs broadcast by SRG. In addition to subtitling, SWISS TXT also offers audio description and language adaptations that enable sensory-impaired people to access TV content.SWISS TXT advises the management of Swiss Indoors Basel - ATP WORLD TOUR 500 on issues relating to digital content infrastructure and content marketing.Digital NavigatorSWISS TXT repositioned itself at the beginning of 2016 and changed its company name from Schweizerische Teletext AG to SWISS TXT AG. With this change, SWISS TXT offers orientation, consulting and solutions for digital media and services. In addition to a new visual identity, the newly created website swisstxt.ch forms the core of the communication.