Coronavirus leads to record viewership on RTS TV in western Switzerland
In French-speaking Switzerland, the coronavirus crisis drew a record number of viewers to their screens on Friday. On Friday evening, 598,000 people watched the program '19:30,« the »Tagesschau« news broadcast on RTS, the television network of French-speaking Switzerland.
This corresponds to a market share of 80.7 percent, the highest level since the measurements were introduced in 1985. The audience share also remained at an exceptionally high level in the following days with values between 73.5 and 79.7 percent, as RTS spokeswoman Sophie Balbo told the Keystone-SDA news agency on Thursday.
In German-speaking Switzerland, 1.35 million viewers watched the "Tagesschau" on SRF on Tuesday evening. This corresponds to a market share of 69.3 percent. According to SRF editor-in-chief Tristan Benn, these exceptional figures show the enormous demand for information among the population. (SDA)
