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New federal legislation on cinematographic culture and production (Cinema Act - LCin) came into force on 1 August 2002 (see IRIS 2002-8: 12); the Département fédéral de l'intérieur (Swiss Home Office) has now adopted the order laying down the conditions and procedure for granting both public financial aid for the selective promotion of the cinema and success-related aid. The order on promoting the cinema (OECin) came into force on 1 January 2003 and replaces the former arrangements laid down by the DFI on 13 December 1996. The selective aid is intended to support projects that contribute to maintaining...

On 18 December 2002, the Bundesrat (Council of Ministers) submitted to Parliament a Communiqué concerning the complete revision of the Radio- und Fernsehgesetz (Radio and Television Act - RTVG). The key objectives of this document are to guarantee a strong public broadcasting service (required by constitutional law) and, at the same time, to relax the rules for private broadcasters. The new Radio and Television Act makes particular provision for an independent Swiss broadcasting service that serves all the language regions equally and is able to compete with wealthier broadcasters from neighbouring...

Switzerland's official promotion of culture is based on Article 69 of the new Federal Constitution that came into force on 1 January 2000. To implement this provision of the Constitution, federal legislation on the promotion of culture (LEC) now needs to be drawn up. A steering group chaired by the director of the Federal Office for Culture (OFC) has been instructed to draw up a preliminary draft for national legislation on culture and to state the financial requirements this new legislation would involve. On 20 September 2002, the OFC submitted the working document drawn up by the steering group...

In 1997, Mr. Demuth complained to the European Court of Human Rights that the decision of the Swiss Bundesrat (Federal Council) refusing to grant Car Tv AG a broadcasting licence for cable television ran counter to Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (freedom of expression). He considered that the refusal was arbitrary and discriminatory. In a decision of 16 June 1996, the Federal Council had decided that there was no right, either under Swiss law or under Article 10 of the European Convention, to obtain a broadcasting licence. With reference to the instructions for radio and...

At its meeting on 16 September 2002, the general assembly of the Landeszentrale für private Rundfunkveranstalter (Regional Authority for Private Broadcasters - LPR) of Rheinland-Pfalz issued an official complaint about the TV broadcaster SAT.1. The complaint concerned a commercial for alcoholic drinks, broadcast in summer 2001. SAT.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH broadcasts in Switzerland where, thanks to the increasing freedom granted by the LPR, it is able to broadcast special advertising windows. The LPR's permission is conditional on the Swiss advertising windows being subject to Swiss law. According...