End of the "sports lounge"
SRF is expanding its sports and news programming but is discontinuing the «Sportlounge.».
The program structure of SRF zwei will become even more reliable for the audience in the new year: From 2017, a "Sportflash" will inform the audience about the most important sports news of the day at the start of the main evening program at 8 pm from Monday to Saturday. This will be followed, as before, by live sport, feature films or series. SRF Zweit's main evening program will be rounded off on weekdays with "Sportaktuell" and a new newsflash.
The expansion of live sport and the introduction of the "Sportflash" program means that the "Sportlounge" will no longer be produced after seven and a half years. However, background reporting remains an important cornerstone of SRF's sports offering. In future, this will take place in the "Sportpanorama" program and in live broadcasts.
From November 26/27, weekends will be even more dominated by live sports. From then on, over 20 types of sport will be programmed more extensively and reliably. The plan is to offer uninterrupted sports content from the first to the last live event of the day. Background reports, up-to-date summaries and sports documentaries will supplement the live broadcasts. The exact times remain variable, depending on the respective offer.
On Sundays, the "Sportpanorama" at 6.15 p.m. usually concludes the sports program. As part of these changes, "Fenster zum Sonntag" will move from SRF Zweit to the 4.40 p.m. slot on SRF 1 on Saturdays.
