SRG SSR idée suisse is a media enterprise governed by civil law and operated in accordance with the principles of company law. Its remit is based on the Swiss Federal Constitution, the Federal Radio and Television Act (RTVA) and its charter, and is one of public service. As a non-profit organisation, SRG SSR derives around 75 percent of its revenues from licence fees and about 25 percent from commercial activities. It is politically and financially independent.

SRG SSR is made up of 6 regional Enterprise Units and 5 subsidiaries. With some 6,100 employees (5,000 full-time equivalents), an annual turnover of 1.6 billion Swiss francs, 18 radio stations and 8 television channels, as well as complementary websites and teletext services, SRG SSR is the largest electronic media organisation in Switzerland. Its radio stations lead their respective markets in all four language regions – as do the television channels at prime time. SRG SSR services successfully hold their own against a variety of competing foreign broadcasters with much more financial muscle.