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Logo used since 2012 | |
| Country | Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Language | German |
| Picture format | 720p HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen |
| Sister channels | SRF zwei, SRF info |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 March 1953 |
| Former names | SRG (1953–1958) TV DRS (1958–1984) Fernsehen DRS (1985–1990) Schweizer Fernsehen (1990–1993) SF DRS (1993–1997) SF 1 (1997–2012) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | (ceased on 3 June 2019 in Switzerland) |
| Digital | DVB-T in South Tyrol (Italy) via Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol |
| Streaming media | |
| Zattoo | https://zattoo.com/live/srf1 (Switzerland only) |
SRF 1 (SRF eins) is a German-language Swiss television channel, one of three produced by the SRG SSR public-service broadcasting group (the others being SRF zwei and SRF info). The channel, formerly known as SF1, was renamed on 16 December 2012, together with its sister German-speaking TV channels and five radio channels, as part of an exercise aimed at emphasizing their common ownership as well as establishing a shared web presence for all of them.
The channel promotes itself as "a full-service TV station with a high proportion of home-produced content, especially documentaries and dramas" that offers "news and current affairs, education, arts, and entertainment for all", and it focuses on drama, entertainment, news and current affairs. Although SRF 1 is a German-language television channel, it is nevertheless largely balanced in its coverage of German and French news when it comes to foreign coverage.
In 1993 Marco Fumasoli created the idents on Swiss themes with the new rectangular logo of the then SF DRS and with the music by Stephan Wittwer.
In June 2021, SRF 1 upgraded from HD (720p) to Full HD (1080p).