1 January
The new year marks the launch in German-speaking Switzerland of the new Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Enterprise Unit, created by amalgamating Schweizer Radio DRS (SR DRS) and Schweizer Fernsehen (SF).

7 January
The SwissAwards are presented for the ninth time at a gala evening in Zurich. Registered nurse Marianne Barthelmy-Kaufmann and Graubünden doctor Rolf Maibach are honored as "Swiss Persons of the Year 2011".

20 – 27 January
The Solothurner Filmtage film festival is held in the fourth week of January for the 46th year. SRG has been supporting this event for many years.

12 March
The Quartz 2011 Swiss film prize is awarded in ten different categories to Swiss film-makers. For the third time, the presentations are made as part of a gala evening at Lucerne's KKL centre, organized by SRG. 

26 March
Starting on 26 March, SRG joins forces with the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects, SIA, to present "Die Schweiz bauen", a series of short, made-for-television films featuring 13 buildings which embody respect for the environment and their situation. They incorporate pioneering approaches to building which make them far more than mere real estate.

13 April
SRG closes the 2010 financial year with a deficit of 12.3 million Swiss francs. A much higher loss of 74.5 million had been budgeted. This pleasing trend is explained by additional efforts to save resources and improve efficiency, higher commercial revenues and a reduction in financial liabilities.

15 – 21 April
The 17th "Visions du Réel" film festival takes place in Nyon. SRG has been supporting this celebration of documentary film-making for many years.

End-April
"Die Anderen. Les autres. Gli altri. Ils auters" ("The Others") is the 11th interregional project undertaken jointly by SRG's four first regional radio stations, DRS 1, La Première, Rete Uno, and RTR. From the end of April 2011, the stations feature weekly items written by journalists about the other language regions in Switzerland. This collaborative, intercultural project is designed to overcome language barriers, break down prejudice, and promote understanding of others.

26 May
SRG Chairman Jean-Bernard Münch announces that he will be stepping down at the end of 2011. Elisabeth Veya will also leave the Board of Directors at the end of 2011, having served the maximum 12 years in office.

2 – 5 June
SRG supports the Solothurner Literaturtage literature festival for the fourth time as its media partner.

28 June
From 2012 onwards, Swissinfo will offer the international audience background information on Swiss politics, business, culture and society in ten languages. With this new direction, the service will be aimed primarily at users world-wide with an interest in Switzerland, as well as at Swiss people living abroad.

3 – 13 August
The Locarno international film festival is held for the 64th year. The SRG focus is on developments in new media. Never before has so much audiovisual content been produced and consumed. This year, SRG began supporting multimedia productions under the aegis of the "Pacte de l’audiovisuel", and presents three of its own web projects at the Festival.

25 August
As part of its tighter real estate policy, SRG plans to sell buildings that are used only for administrative purposes, and not required operationally for the production of radio and television programmes. 

25 August
Starting on 1 September 2011, SRG subsidiary Publisuisse takes over marketing for the standard sponsorship formats used by SRF. Publisuisse now offers all advertising and sponsorship opportunities on SRG from a single source.

1 September
Iso Rechsteiner is appointed new head of SRG Corporate Communications. 44-year-old Rechsteiner was previously head of regional magazine programmes at Radio DRS, before being appointed Director of Public Radio for German-speaking Switzerland. In this capacity, he played a major role in the amalgamation of radio and television operations. 

19 – 30 September
One month before Election Sunday on 23 October, the Bundesplatz square outside the Federal Parliament building is transformed under SRF's direction into a giant radio and television studio. For ten days, radio and TV production teams from SRF, RTS, RSI and RTR broadcast programming on the parliamentary elections as part of the "Treffpunkt Bundesplatz" ("Meeting Point Bundesplatz") project.

22 September
Raymond Loretan is appointed new Chairman of SRG by the Delegates' Meeting.  The 56-year-old succeeds retiring Chairman Jean-Bernard Münch on 1 January 2012. Regula Fecker is appointed to the Board of Directors to succeed Elisabeth Veya.

30 September
RTS, RSI and SRF decide not to broadcast the Miss Switzerland competition in the future. The SRG Enterprise Units do not believe that there is sufficient audience interest to continue coverage.

23 October
Parliamentary reporting is a fixture in SRG radio and television schedules. It informs the nation about federal and cantonal-level elections and thus encourages opinion on political matters. It also always offers live coverage of elections to the Federal Assembly (National Council and Council of States) and the Federal Council, enhanced by commentary from political and parliamentary experts. 

27 October
SRG uses the opportunity afforded by the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage to draw attention to its online radio and television archive. Ever since its inception in 1931, SRG has stored thousands of visual and audio documents. Some of these are now available to the general public in SRG's online archives.

2 November
SRG secures the most extensive portfolio of sports rights in its history. Over the coming years, audiences will be able to enjoy a raft of top national and international sporting events. For the first time, from the 2012/2013 season SRG television stations will have the rights to broadcast one top fixture live from each round of the football Super League. They will also offer live coverage of the last phase of qualification for the ice hockey championships, as well as all rounds from the playoffs. 

4 – 10 November
Cinema, television, mobile phone or internet: the 17th Cinéma Tous Écrans film festival is a celebration of multiplicity and moving pictures. The festival features over 80 films produced in every possible way. 

9 – 13 November
The International Short Film Festival Winterthur, which SRG has supported for many years, is held for the 15th time.

10 December
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen joins forces with RTS and RSI to pick the Swiss entry for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan. In a television vote, the Swiss audience decides that the nation will be represented by Sinplus, with their rock track "Unbreakable".

12 December
Sarah Meier and Didier Cuche are the big winners at the Credit Suisse Sports Awards 2011. Ever since 1997 Credit Suisse, along with the Swiss sports journalists' association and SRG, has organized a gala evening which has become the country's most important sporting social event.

12 – 17 December
Together with the Swiss Solidarity aid charity, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen holds the "Jeder Rappen Zählt" ("Every Penny Counts") fundraising drive from 12 to 17 December. It is the third such campaign, but the first time it has visited Lucerne. This year, the money will be used to help struggling mothers. Option Musique and RSR-La Première get involved this year with a fund-raising day on 16 December. 

14 December
SRG is giving up the Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) premises at Bruderholz in Basel. SRF must now look for a suitable building in Basel city centre to house the combined radio and television arts production team.  

"History of SRG" book (German)