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On 24 March 2006, the Swiss Parliament adopted a new Radio and Television Act, which will ensure that the Schweizerische Rundspruchgesellschaft (SRG) continues to provide a strong public broadcasting service in the future. The Act also relaxed certain restrictions on private broadcasters and strengthened support for local and regional private broadcasters from licence fee revenue (fee sharing). The dual model originally proposed in the draft Radio and Television Act (with SRG on the one hand as a public service broadcaster funded through the licence fee, and private broadcasters in free competition...

The Swiss Federal Council (government) has circulated a preliminary draft revision of the federal Act on copyright and neighbouring rights among the relevant circles for consultation. This revision is intended primarily to adapt copyright law to the new technologies for communication and digital transmission (see IRIS 2004-10: 6). It should also enable Switzerland to ratify the “Internet treaties” drawn up by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) - the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). By and large, the proposal to ratify the Internet...

The Swiss radio and television company Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion et Télévision - SRG SSR idée suisse (SSR) and six associations in the Swiss cinematographic and audiovisual sector have renewed the Audiovisual Pact for a further three years (from 2006 to 2008). Concluded for the first time in 1996, the Audiovisual Pact is intended to strengthen the collaboration between SSR and the audiovisual industry and to ensure continuity in production (see IRIS 2003-7: 13). In addition, it consolidates the financial support granted to independent producers by the Swiss Confederation under the federal...

National legislation on certification services with regard to electronic signature (Electronic Signature Act - SCSE) adopted by the Federal Parliament on 19 December 2003 came into force on 1 January 2005 (see IRIS 2001-7: 11 and IRIS 2000-10: 9). The new legislation is in line with the regulations in force in the European Union (see IRIS 2000-1: 5 and IRIS 1999-7: 10), and its purpose is to facilitate commercial transactions carried out electronically and to create conditions that guarantee security. The SCSE is completed by an enforcement order adopted by the Federal Council on 3 December 2004...

Representatives of the Governments of the Swiss Confederation and the French Republic signed a new agreement on film co-production on 7 December 2004. The agreement replaces the one that was adopted in 1977 and revised in 1986. France is Switzerland's main partner in film production. Over the last four years, the two countries have co-produced 30 cinema films, which represents 40% of all international film co-productions in which Switzerland has been involved during that period. The agreement applies to cinema films of all genres (fiction, documentary, cartoon). It covers all films considered as...