Switzerland

[CH] Change in the SRG Licence

IRIS 1997-7:1/22

Oliver Sidler

Medialex

The Federal Council approved reorganisation of the fourth television channel by the SRG by modifying its licence on 1 August 1997.

Schweizer Fernsehen (SDR), Télévision Suisse Romande and Televisione Svizzera di Lingua italiana may now offer supplementary programmes of their own. Programming is no longer the responsibility of an independent directorate, but of the three regional TV directorates. The Federal Council requires the SRG, in its programmes, to foster cohesion of the various regions, language communities and cultures, to further contacts with Swiss expatriates and to promote Switzerland abroad.