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Since 1 November 2011, the German-language television channel SF info has been authorised to broadcast programmes from the French- and Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland. Previously, it was in theory only allowed to broadcast programmes already shown on SF1 or SF2, the two television channels of the Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). SRF is the German-language business unit and branch of the Swiss radio and television broadcasting company (Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion et Télévision - SSR). Launched initially on an experimental basis on 3 May 1999, SF info’s mandate was confirmed on 17 January...

In October, the Unabhängige Beschwerdeinstanz für Radio und Fernsehen (Independent Radio and Television Complaints Authority - UBI) dealt for the first time with a dispute over a party’s participation in a forthcoming TV election broadcast. The small party “La Gauche”, which has one representative in the Swiss parliament, told the UBI that it should be given greater prominence in the election broadcasts of the public service broadcaster Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (Swiss radio and television corporation - SRG). It complained that the SRG’s Télévision Suisse Romande had categorised...

The Swiss Government has concluded another agreement on cinematographic cooperation with Germany and Austria. The aim is to facilitate international co-productions and promote the circulation and exploitation of films from any of the contracting States, and it came into force on 23 June 2011. It is the first trilateral agreement Switzerland has concluded in the field of cinematographic cooperation, and it replaces the bilateral agreements concluded with Germany in 1984 and with Austria in 1990. The new agreement on cinematographic cooperation applies to films intended mainly to be shown in cinema...

On 11 February 2011, representatives of Germany, Austria and Switzerland signed an agreement to step up economic and cultural cooperation in the film industry. The trilateral film agreement creates a legal framework for cooperation between producers from the three signatory States. It promotes the bi- or trilateral co-production of cinematographic works (Art. 1). Such co-productions will be categorised as national films and therefore be eligible to receive national funding (Art. 2(1) and (2)). A further condition is that the financial, artistic or technical contribution of each producer must represent...

IP addresses are protected personal data: they cannot be collected or used by a private undertaking without the consent of the persons concerned. This was the opinion of the Swiss Federal Tribunal (TF), upholding the opinion of the Federal Data Protection and Transparency Commissioner (Préposé fédéral à la protection des données et à la transparence - PFPDT). The PFPDT had ordered the Swiss company Logistep to stop its search for IP addresses on peer-to-peer networks until such time as a suitable legal basis had been adopted by the legislator. Under commission from copyright holders, Logistep was...