Television director Deltenre practices gentle self-criticism

 Ingrid Deltenre, the director of Swiss Television, is convinced of her station's program. In an interview with the Mittelland Zeitung on Thursday, she said that Swiss television is well on the way to successfully asserting itself in the new television world. Despite her conviction and despite last weekend's dream ratings, she was also self-critical, especially when it came to programming. "We set too fast a pace. A slightly slower approach would have been better, so that we would have had a little more time to develop the programs." She also emphasized that Swiss television is never exclusively about high ratings. "We are not only financed by advertising, but also by license fees. This is a privilege, but also an obligation: we make a program for everyone, for majorities and minorities alike, who are interested in a differentiated range of information and culture."