The first TV broadcasts date back to 1958, at first produced in studios in Zürich and transmitted with Italian subtitles.

[1] In 1961, with the foundation of Televisione svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI), the studios were relocated in Paradiso, near Lugano.

In December 2005, RSI began digital broadcasts using the DAB system on the Saint Gottard autoroute.

On 26 July 2006 at 12:45, SRG SSR idée suisse interrupted analog broadcasting in Ticino making it the first all-digital canton of Switzerland This affected the Italians in northern Italy, as they were deprived of all the TSI channels, with the sole exception of those close to the frontier.

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.