Commission of the Council of States does not want to stop SRG's partial move to Zurich
The Council of States’ Telecommunications Commission (KVF) does not intend to thwart the SRG’s plans to relocate part of its radio studio from Bern to Zurich. It strongly recommends rejecting a related parliamentary initiative by Beat Vonlanthen (CVP/FR).
The initiator would like to enshrine in the Radio and Television Act that the SRG "in the area of information in the German-speaking region produces audiovisual offerings primarily in Zurich and audio offerings primarily in Bern". This passage should then also be included in the new Federal Act on Electronic Media (BGeM).
The KVF rejected the idea by 12 votes to 1, as the parliamentary services announced on Wednesday. The decision was made after a discussion with a representative of the SRG. It acknowledged "that the SRG is taking responsible account of the challenges of digitalization".
The Commission also appreciates "that SRG is concentrating its cost-cutting efforts on infrastructure and administration in particular and not on the journalistic offering". It therefore sees no need for political action to ensure decentralized programme production. (SDA)
