TSI channels, with the sole exception of those close to the frontier. Logo history Direction General Director: Mario Timbal Headquarters The administrative headquarters of RSI are located in Via Canevascini in Lugano-Besso. RSI television studios are found in Comano, 5 km north of Lugano. Operations Radio RSI's radio department is in charge of production and transmission radio programs in the Italian language for the Italian speaking Swiss. Its studios are located in Via Canevascini in Lugano-Besso. It was known as Radio svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI) until 2009. RSI Rete Uno – general programming RSI Rete Due – cultural, intellectual programming, classical music RSI Rete Tre – youth-oriented programming The three networks can also be listened to via the Internet in streaming on the broadcaster's website. Some programs are distributed as podcasts and on Play RSI. SRG currently uses two data streams (transponders 17 and 123) to transmit its radio programs via satellite. New technologies now allow greater efficiency in the exploitation of existing satellite capacity. Therefore, from 9 March, SRG will reconfigure its new transponder and transfer its 26 radio networks to transponder 123. Transponder 17 will operate in parallel until the end of June and will then be deactivated. The audio quality will remain unchanged. Television RSI's television department is in charge of production and transmission of television programs in the Italian language for the Italian speaking Swiss. Its studios are found in Comano, 5 km north of Lugano. It was known as Televisione svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI) until 2009. RSI La 1 RSI La 2 Swiss public broadcaster SRG terminated the digital terrestrial distribution of its TV channels (DTT) via DVB-T nationwide on 3 June 2019. DTT viewers were informed about the switch-off, which was announced in September 2018, through a caption on the TV screens from January 2019. SRG recommended affected households to switch to an alternative reception infrastructure, such as DTH satellite, cable, IPTV or internet streaming. See also Monte Ceneri transmitter Television in Switzerland References External links RSI Official site RSI podcast DAB in Switzerland Television La storia della SSR Swiss Broadcasting Corporation Television networks in Switzerland Italian-language television networks Radio in Switzerland 1925 establishments in Switzerland Mass media in Lugano Radio stations established in 1925 Television channels and stations established in 1958