RTSI cuts 5 % of jobs
Radio and television in Italian-speaking Switzerland implement the SRG's cost-cutting regulations .
The radio and television of the
(RTSI) is implementing the SRG's cost-cutting ordinances.
and will cut 58 jobs by 2009. With the elimination of around
5 % of the entire workforce is expected to be CHF 7.9 million per year.
can be saved. RTSI Director Remigio Ratti told the
newspaper La Regione, there will be a maximum of ten redundancies. The
The remaining positions are to be filled by early retirements and internal
shifts can be reduced. The quality of the programs would
the cost-cutting measures will not have any impact, according to a press release
of the RTSI. Savings are to be made primarily in structures and fixed costs.
According to La Regione, 12 or 13 posts will be created in the Directorate General
six or seven in the documentation department and eight in the
production. A total of 35 cuts affect television and ten
the radio. The communiqué also states that future financing
remains uncertain, and in the medium term, a second,
The possibility of a more serious austerity package cannot be ruled out. According to La Ragione
22 jobs have already been cut at Ticino Television between 2001 and today
been.
(RTSI) is implementing the SRG's cost-cutting ordinances.
and will cut 58 jobs by 2009. With the elimination of around
5 % of the entire workforce is expected to be CHF 7.9 million per year.
can be saved. RTSI Director Remigio Ratti told the
newspaper La Regione, there will be a maximum of ten redundancies. The
The remaining positions are to be filled by early retirements and internal
shifts can be reduced. The quality of the programs would
the cost-cutting measures will not have any impact, according to a press release
of the RTSI. Savings are to be made primarily in structures and fixed costs.
According to La Regione, 12 or 13 posts will be created in the Directorate General
six or seven in the documentation department and eight in the
production. A total of 35 cuts affect television and ten
the radio. The communiqué also states that future financing
remains uncertain, and in the medium term, a second,
The possibility of a more serious austerity package cannot be ruled out. According to La Ragione
22 jobs have already been cut at Ticino Television between 2001 and today
been.
