SWI swissinfo.ch – English
Watching glaciers melt in virtual reality
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- Watching glaciers melt in virtual reality
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Swiss researchers have used virtual reality to model and help the wider public visualise how the largest Swiss glaciers will shrink by 2070 under the effects of global warming. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)
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- Remembering Franz Weber
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Swiss environmentalist Franz Weber has died at the age of 91. The Basel activist was responsible for over 150 campaigns but is best known for his defence of the alpine landscape, in particular against the spread of secondary residences.
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- Part-time work differs between the sexes
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- More than two thirds of Swiss women work part-time, while only two in ten men do. When men work part-time, it’s normally to allow time for study. If women do it, it’s because of child-care.
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- A room for one at Hotel Mama
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Young Swiss flee the family nest later than they did 40 years ago. Today people struggle to find a job, an apartment, and keep paying the rent. For some, staying at Hotel Mama until their late twenties is a choice, but for others it’s a necessity.
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- How dance halls turned to multimedia
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- How early discos preempted today's digital culture.
Discos have developed along with society, and in many ways preempted modern-day digital culture. That's according to an exhibition at the Art Museum in Fribourg, which examines early versions of the discotheque from the 1960s onwards.
The exhibition brings together Californian counter culture, pop and psychedelic movements, and pioneers of radical Italian architecture. It is based on unpublished archives and original works. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)
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- Fast fashion and burning clothes
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Overconsumption leads to overproduction and in fast fashion’s case a lot of clothes from previous collections are thrown out when the new collection is put on the racks. Some companies have been criticised for burning the remaining unsold clothes: would “slow fashion” solve the problem?
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- Women campaign for a bigger role in Swiss politics
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- With national elections in October this year, several political parties are seeking more female representation in parliament. This is how women in one eastern Swiss canton are going about it.
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- Eiger Express project continues amid protests
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Construction workers have been celebrating the breakthrough of two tunnels for the future mountain station of the new Eiger Express cable car. It's part of the Jungfrau Railways' CHF470 million V-Bahn project that will carry tourists faster up to the Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alps.
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- Cargo transport system still has far to go
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- It was 25 years ago that Swiss voters approved the 'Alpine Initiative', which aimed to shift the transport of goods through the Alps from road to rail. The targets are far from being met.
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- The ‘no littering’ challenge
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Getting a bucket of icy cold water down your back, biting into a toxic tide pod (laundry tablet) or walking around blindfolded: after seeing how crazy challenges went viral on social media, Byron Roman from Arizona posted a picture of a man in Algeria cleaning up public spaces, daring “bored teens” to take on the #trashtag challenge. And soon enough, people started cleaning up their hometowns all around the world. And in Switzerland? “Cleaning Days” were happening before it was cool.
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- Swiss fear effects of 5G antennas
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Fifth-generation (5G) mobile communications antennas are starting to go up in Switzerland. Not everyone is happy about this.
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- About measles
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Vaccination against measles became widespread in the 1980s, but recent public mistrust in vaccines and misinformation about measles has caused an alarming increase in cases.
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- ‘An incredible opportunity to meet everyone in the watch-making world’
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- ‘An incredible opportunity to meet everyone in the watch-making world’
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- 1999: Chinese president snubs Swiss government
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- On March 25, 1999, Chinese President Jiang Zemin was confronted by pro-Tibetan protesters upon his arrival at the seat of parliament in Bern. Furious, he refused to participate in a guard of honour or to greet government members waiting to receive him. In his speech, he sharply criticised the Swiss authorities, accusing them of not being capable of maintaining order and told them they had lost a good friend. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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- Sustainability in your shopping basket
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- 5:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Meat, superfoods and exotic fruits: how sustainable is your regular shopping shopping basket? An expert takes us through different products to see which is the best of two options. Surprisingly enough, fruit delivered by air is sometimes better than local fruits that have been frozen for a long time.
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- Is it ethical to have big cats in the circus?
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- 5:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Keeping wild animals in the circus is a highly controversial issue in Switzerland, where this practice is still allowed. Animal rights campaigners have now submitted a petition “against wild animals in the circus”. The same objective is shared by a motion in the House of Representatives. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)
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- ‘Now, what you hear is not a test, they’re rappin’ to the cheese’
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- 3:57
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In Bern, researchers and art students are exploring new possibilities in cheese production. They exposed Emmental cheese to music in an attempt to influence its ripening process. The main finding of this unusual experiment is that cheese exposed to hip-hop had the most unique taste profile. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)
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- Record-setting balloon flight marks 20th anniversary
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- It’s 20 years since the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon circumnavigated the world, piloted by Swiss balloonist Bertrand Piccard and his English counterpart Brian Jones.
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- Parliament and swissness
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- 7:06
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As part of a series on swissness in the run up to the elections taking place in Switzerland in October, we’re looking in more detail at how the country works. In this episode a newly “swissed” person visits the parliament building with a Nouvo journalist. A perfect opportunity to find out or refresh our memories on how the different houses are elected and how the decision-making process works.
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- Luca Hänni raises Swiss Eurovision hopes
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Switzerland has enjoyed little success at the annual Eurovision Song Contest in recent years but the tide may be about to turn.
This year, the Alpine country will be represented by Luca Hänni, a Swiss singer-songwriter and model, best known for winning the German talent show, "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" (Germany in search of a superstar) in 2012. At Eurovision, he'll be singing a track he composed himself, "She got me".
The 64th edition of the contest takes place in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 14, 16 and 18. Israel is hosting the event because it won the last competition in Lisbon, Portugal. 41 countries will participate in the 2019 edition, which will take place without Bulgaria and Ukraine.
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- EPFL marks 50 years of scientific progress
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Over the past five decades, the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) has been the home of many scientific discoveries, some with global reverberations.
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- Making everyone feel at home
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Half of the natural habitats for small animals and insects in Switzerland are under threat - and that’s bad news for the inhabitants. To stop insects’ and other small animals’ extinction, garden owners are turning their perfectly mowed lawns into wild and welcoming gardens. Tailor-made structures can help them settle in, but the easier way is to let nature reclaim these spaces. Experts are looking at some individual initiatives as positive steps forward in reestablishing vibrant biodiversity.
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- Safety first as Swiss Alpine Club goes digital
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- 4:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- For mountain sports enthusiasts they are the ultimate reference books: tour guides from the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC). Now the SAC is stepping into the digital world and gradually updating its tours on an online platform. Due to changes brought about by climate change, route information has to be updated more frequently - hence the change to online information. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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- Turning children into little 'Einsteins'
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- 3:25
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Johny Padua is the founder of the "Tüftellabor Einstein" association in Zug – a place where children and teenagers can experiment to their heart’s content with a wide range of materials. For ten years, the 52-year-old home director has been volunteering at the lab twice a week and helping the children with their experiments. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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- Swiss sisters try to conquer the international scene
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- 5:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Sisters from canton Zurich try to make their mark on the international music scene. We find out what their lives are like.
Sayaka Selina and Sumina Studer, two sisters from Gockhausen near Dübendorf in canton Zurich, are aiming for international success as musicians. But competition is fierce in the classical world. Swiss public television, SRF, accompanied the talented young musicians in their day-to-day lives. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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- Red Cross develops war video games – with rules
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- 3:43
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The idea that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is developing military shooter video games may be a surprise to many. But the aim is not to kill everything that moves; it’s a training tool to teach people that there are rules, even in wartime.
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- Job hunting, but different
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- 3:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Writing cover letters and sending out piles of applications, which often receive no reply is a big source of frustration for jobseekers. To change the way people look for jobs, in 2017 two entrepreneurs from canton Neuchâtel launched an event called ‘Café Pro’. The idea is to bring together candidates and potential employers in the same place to get a coffee and have a chat. For the first time, such an event was planned especially for people looking for their first job.
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- Can one person change the world?
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- 4:39
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- When it comes to changing habits to lead a more sustainable life, people often think that one person alone can’t make a difference. However, an environmental psychologist explains how one person can still have an impact, when it comes to bringing about larger change.
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- From analogue to digital
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- 3:19
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- March 12, 1999, marked the launch of swissinfo.org. The news platform was the successor of Swiss Radio International, which was gradually phased out.
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- Confetti king explains his ‘labour of love’
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Basel’s carnival is in full swing and confetti is raining down on the city’s streets. Much of it is made by Hans Rudolf Streiff, who owns Switzerland’s only confetti factory and produces around 200 tonnes of the stuff each year. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)
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- Impressions from CERN 30 years ago
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As the World Wide Web marks its 30th anniversary, its founder and inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, ponders what it has grown into – not always for the good of mankind – and how to fix it.
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- A day in the life of an avalanche dog
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- 3:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Vali Meier, responsible for rescue and safety in the Davos-Klosters mountain region, skis off down the slope with canine colleague Woopy on his shoulders. Today, Woopy is looking for a buried dummy.
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- The CO2 certificate
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Compensating for CO2 emissions is something many want to do, but finding a way to do it is not so easy. Forest landowners in canton Solothurn decided to offer certificates for small companies who don’t manage to compensate their emissions by themselves. The companies pay for the certificate, and trees are nurtured with the money.
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- A hot summer's impact on forests
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- 3:13
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Summer 2018 was hot and dry – with serious consequences for forests. In the Hardwald forest in northern Switzerland, you can see that many trees have died or will need cutting down. Since hot summers are set to become even more common in future, scientists are carrying out research to find out which tree species stand a better chance of survival. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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- Stepping back in line with the Swiss army
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A former colonel in the Swiss army decided to return to recruit school to see what had changed in the past 40 years. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)
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- The forgotten Swiss Oscars
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Sixty years ago, two Disney films “Ama Girls” and “Grand Canyon” won the Academy Awards. Both films were created by the Swiss filmmaker Ernst A. Heiniger. Despite his Oscar win and his pioneering work, he isn't well known today. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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- Title
- Swiss father talks about working part-time
- Runtime
- 2:19
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Swiss father Stefan Barth shares his experience working part-time to spend more time with his 5-year old daughter Noelia.
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swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events.
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- Title
- Happy birthday swissinfo.ch!
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- SWI swissinfo.ch is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Directors and editors from all units of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR have sent us their personal congratulations.
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swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events.
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- Title
- In a sea of debt
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Debt is a problem for all sections of society, but how does it affect young people? Earning a salary and managing bills can be hard for young people who aren’t used to handling large sums of money. Several cantonal projects and youth associations are tackling the problem, providing counselling helplines and information.
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swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events.
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- Title
- App to help Swiss army recruits get fit
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Having fit soldiers is important for the Swiss army – it means fewer injuries and fewer people dropping out. That’s why it has launched an app to get young people ready for military service.
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swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events.
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- Title
- A whole month without supermarkets
- Runtime
- 3:56
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Launched three years ago by an association from canton Neuchâtel, the ‘February without supermarkets’ month has now found participants all over Switzerland, France and Belgium. The idea is not to boycott supermarkets all together but rather to rethink shopping habits and how we can support locally-sourced groceries. We met a young woman who took part in the challenge, who told us how and why she took it on.
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swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events.
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- Title
- How women are taking on the Cresta Run
- Runtime
- 3:10
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- How women are taking on the Cresta Run
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- Title
- ‘Media are the life insurance of modern democracy’
- Runtime
- 8:26
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Simonetta Sommaruga – federal councillor overseeing environment, transport, energy and communications – worries about people who don’t watch the news.
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- Title
- Going shopping with the 1,000-franc note
- Runtime
- 2:59
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- What happens when you try to buy a coffee, some flowers or a book with the newly designed 1,000-franc note, Switzerland's largest-denomination currency?
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- Title
- ‘We need to live up to our responsibilities’
- Runtime
- 8:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Noel Curran, director general of the European Broadcasting Union, says public media must earn its funding and trust.
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- Title
- Climate sceptics' arguments, debunked
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Melting glaciers, air pollution, youth activism: when we talk about climate change in our videos, the feedback we get on social media can be quite sceptical. To see if the people writing those comments had a point, we decided to take a closer look at the arguments they were raising.
Nouvo brings you short videos about Switzerland, Swiss current affairs and the wider world. Keep up to date and watch the videos wherever you are, whenever you like.
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swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events.
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- Title
- International Public Media Conference (IPMC) - full video
- Runtime
- 4:19:24
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The first International Public Media Conference (IPMC) took place on March 4 in Bern.
The conference was opened by the new Media Minister, Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga.
SWI swissinfo.ch offered a livestream of the IPMC panels online, this is the full video.
- Address - Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga
- Executive Panel - "More indispensable than ever, demanded as never"
- Keynote Noel Curran - The Enduring and Unique Value of Public Service Media
- Presentation of the study "Service public. Acceptance of the young target group and future opportunities".
- Presentation of the study "Service public media in the digital age - the view of European regulatory authorities
- Closing remarks - Otfried Jarren, President of the Federal Media Commission EMEK
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- Title
- Rope-making as it was done a century ago
- Runtime
- 4:42
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Most of Switzerland's dozen or so rope factories are mass producers. In a small ropemaker’s in Winterthur, however, ropes are still twisted by hand.
Most of Switzerland's dozen or so rope factories are mass producers. In a small ropemaker’s in Winterthur, however, ropes are still twisted by hand. Swiss television presenter Sabine Dahinden went there to learn the craft. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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- Title
- Retailers compete for customers who want organic food
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Switzerland's biggest supermarket chain, Coop, is facing fierce competition in the organic food segment. This is likely to make life difficult for ...
Switzerland's biggest supermarket chain, Coop, is facing fierce competition in the organic food segment. This is likely to make life difficult for the retailer, while consumers have reason to celebrate. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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- Title
- The money challenge - Episode 4
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- At the beginning of the week we asked you how much money was in your opinion necessary to live for a day in Switzerland. After showing you how much I spend on a "normal" day on Wednesday, here comes Challenge Day.
Among all the answers we received, the smallest number was 12. So off I went to live my Thursday on a CHF12 budget: this is how I coped with it.
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