SWISS TXT
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| Company type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Genre | Multimedia |
| Founded | 1983 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland |
| Headquarters | Biel/Bienne (canton of Bern), Switzerland |
Key people | Martin Schneider (CEO), Marco Derighetti (Chairman Board of Directors) |
| Revenue | 23.5 million CHF (2019) |
| Owner | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation |
Number of employees | 880 |
| Website | www.swisstxt.ch |
SWISS TXT (SWISS TXT Corporation) (until December 2015: SWISS TXT Schweizerische Teletext AG) is a subsidiary and the centre of multimedia expertise of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.[1][2]
History
The company was founded on 23 December 1983 with a licence granted by the Swiss Federal Council Teletext Licence.[3]
The Teletext service started operations on SF DRS in 1984, on TSR in 1985 and on TSI in 1986.[4] In 2001, the number of daily viewers reached a record of 1.17 million. In 2004, that number reached 1.3 million a day.[5]
Until 2015, SWISS TXT was responsible for the development, operation and commercialization of the Teletext service on television channels operated by the
operations.The multimedia sector was expanded in 2009.[6] With the strategic reorientation on 1 January 2016, SWISS TXT operates in multimedia for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation and on the third-party market.[7]
Organisation
SWISS TXT has its headquarters in Biel/Bienne and branch offices in Zürich, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Comano.
Access Services (subtitling, transcription, translation, audio description, speech-to-text)
SWISS TXT subtitles the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation television programmes.[8] It also provides transcription, translation and audio description services.[9]
Further services as a multimedia provider
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): Media Cloud,[10] mediahub [11] and video delivery platforms VDP/Kaltura.[12]
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS): Storage,[13] content delivery network CDN,[14] livestreaming.[15]
- Platforms-as-a-Service (PaaS): Docker, Kubernetes.[16]
- Hybrid Broadband Broadcast TV (HbbTV): Interactive television.[17]
- Multi-device-solutions for sport: multimedia platforms [18]
- Consulting: Advice on video strategy.[19]
References
- ^ "Subsidiaries - SRG SSR". www.srgssr.ch. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Swiss TXT - Kaltura". corp.kaltura.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Swiss Federal Council Teletext Licence
- ^ "SWISS TXT: the digital multimedia centre". swisstxt.ch. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "SWISS TXT: the digital multimedia centre". swisstxt.ch. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ SWISS TXT expands in multimedia sector
- ^ The Standard: SWISS TXT on third-party market
- ^ Access Services at Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
- ^ More services for the visually impaired
- ^ Clavis IT in the SWISS TXT media cloud
- ^ SWISS TXT relaunches mediahub
- ^ "Swiss TXT - Kaltura". corp.kaltura.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ SWISS TXT becomes IT outsourcer
- ^ SWISS CDN and Kaltura
- ^ M&K 2016
- ^ Clavis: state-of-the-art technologies
- ^ SWISS TXT develops HbbTV
- ^ SWISS TXT develops World Cup video player
- ^ New strategy for SWISS TXT
