Observed Signal · Aug 15, 2026 · Technical Release · Source: persoenlich.com News · Impact: 1/5 · Sentiment: Neutral
SRG Archives: Switzerland's Audiovisual Archive Has Gaps
The SRG has made 1.5 million radio and TV broadcasts searchable on memobase.ch, sourced from SRF and RTR, with more than 650,000 items playable and material dating back to the 1930s. This falls short of a 2021 commitment by SRG and Memoriav to make roughly four million broadcasts available by 2022. RTS and RSI archives are not yet integrated; SRG cites technical metadata ingestion problems and an internal transformation programme named “Enavant” (launched November 2024) as reasons for delays and says a roadmap for inclusion is being worked on. The article notes the legal obligation under RTVV Article 33(2) (since 2016) to make archives accessible and that SRG points to regional Play platforms—which it says hold about two million audio/video documents—as complementary paths to fulfil the mandate.
National public-broadcaster archive availability is relevant to media and content access but has limited impact on the broader AdTech/MarTech industry outside Switzerland; mainly affects publisher asset management and archival searchability.
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- memobase.ch now allows searching 1.5 million radio and TV broadcasts from SRF and RTR; over 650,000 documents are directly playable; some items date back to the 1930s.
- In October 2021 SRG and Memoriav had announced that around four million radio and TV broadcasts would be accessible on the portal by 2022; the current searchable total is about one third of that promise.
- RTS (French-speaking) and RSI (Italian-speaking) archival collections are not yet integrated; SRG provided no timeline and said a roadmap is under development.
- SRG attributes delays to technical problems with metadata ingestion and to its organisational transformation programme 'Enavant' (started November 2024).
- Article 33(2) of the Radio and Television Ordinance (RTVV) since 2016 requires SRG to make its broadcast archives available; SRG states memobase is an important complement to regional Play platforms, which SRG counts as holding nearly two million audio/video documents.
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Die Schweiz erhält auf Memobase.ch Zugang zu ihrem audiovisuellen Gedächtnis
Die SRG macht ihre Archivinhalte in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Memoriav, Kompetenzstelle des audiovisuellen Kulturerbes der Schweiz, online zugänglich.
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