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Between the end of the advertising block and the TSR (Télévision Suisse Romande) television news broadcast, SSR (Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion) broadcast a sequence lasting approximately 20 seconds showing a sailing boat with the Omega logo on its sail, the same logo in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen and figures showing the time in the bottom right-hand corner, to a background of classical music. A similar sequence had been broadcast on SF DRS (Schweizer Fernsehen DRS) before the "10 vor 10" information broadcast, using the "Swatch Timing" brand-name. The Federal Communications Office...

On 17 December 1997 the Governmental Council of the Canton of Berne adopted a Media Support Bill which had been proposed by the Canton Parliament. This follows the instructions contained in the Canton's Constitution to uphold `the independence and plurality of information'. Its 14 articles describe the targets for media support in the Canton and the criteria for granting such support. A single media concern (electronic media as well as printed media) may not use either the Constitutional condition or the Media Support Act to create a legal precedent in respect of support. The purpose is more to...

According to Article 72, para. 2 under b of the Radio and Television Order (Radio- und Fernsehverordnung - RTVV), local or regional broadcasters are required to pay the PTT companies a monthly fee of CHF 4 per 500 (or fraction thereof) radio or television receivers which are licensed in the area covered by them. The Federal Court held that these administrative charges do not infringe the constitutional principles of covering costs and equivalence. Nevertheless, the delegated legislative power may not be overstepped. According to the position adopted by the PTT companies the annual total income...

In the opinion of the Independent Complaints Board for Radio and Television (Unabhängiger Beschwerde Instanz UBI), the Swiss television broadcaster DRS did not infringe programme law with the broadcast entitled `Jewish money and Nazi gold'. This was broadcast on 3 July 1997, and comprised three sections: in an introduction the editor dissociated himself to some extent from the film shown in the second section - a BBC documentary produced in conjunction with the Swiss television channel DRS - which was followed by a discussion. The film had already aroused considerable controversy in Switzerland...

On 22 August 1996, Swiss television (DRS) showed the Belgian film, Man beisst Hund ("Man bites Dog") on the programme, Delikatessen. In the film, a three-man camera crew follows a professional killer, who brutally murders over 25 people on impulse and also commits a rape. His savage and cold-blooded acts are unflinchingly portrayed in scenes of graphic violence. Article 55 bis, para. 2 of the Swiss Constitution regulates the reponsibilities of radio and television, and specifically assigns a cultural role to programme organisers, who are required to protect cultural values. However, the Independent...