Ringier with its own Swiss TV station
Apparently, the Ringier publishing group is planning to launch a Swiss TV station. According to well-informed sources cited by *Der Sonntag*, the plans for the TV station are already well advanced.
The plan is for the Ringier channel to focus on entertainment and, as a celebrity and event channel, to supplement the commercial exploitation chain of the publishing house with its own channel. According to Sonntag internally, the exit from "Teleclub" (Werbewoche.ch reported) on the final preparations for its own station. The station is scheduled to start broadcasting as early as next spring. This is the result of research by Sonntag. Ringier spokesman Edi Estermann would neither confirm nor deny: "The TV sector definitely remains an issue for Ringier, even if we have pulled out of various projects."
According to Sonntag, the name of the Ringier channel is unclear so far. After the public channels SF 1 and SF 2 and the two national private channels 3+ and 4+, Ringier is left with only the number five for its channel, which is not exactly considered optimal internally.
