TeleTicino (styled in lower case as teleticino) is an Italian-language television channel based in Melide, Switzerland. It was established in 1987.[1]

TeleTicino
CountrySwitzerland
Broadcast areaTicino
HeadquartersMelide
Programming
Language(s)Italian
Ownership
OwnerTimedia Holding SA
History
Launched1994
Links
Websitewww.teleticino.ch

The channel provides local news and entertainment programming for the Ticino canton, which has a mostly Italian-speaking population.[2] Its programming includes talk shows, political debates, comedies in the local Ticinese dialect, entertainment, and sports.[3]

The channel is majority-owned by Timedia Holding SA,[4] which also owns Corriere del Ticino, a local newspaper.[5] Though it is privately owned, it receives public subsidies from television licence fees.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tele Ticino SA, Melide - trade register data and business information". Moneyhouse. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Tele Ticino". AXIA. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. ^ "TeleTicino, un palinsesto più ricco". Corriere del Ticino. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. ^ "DETEC - TeleTicino et Radio 3i: modification de l'actionnariat approuvée". Département fédéral de l'environnement, des transports, de l'énergie et de la communication. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  5. ^ "TImedia Holding SA". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Il senatore Lombardi rassicura le redazioni". il Caffè. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

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