Telesuisse renews Board of Directors
At the 2008 annual general meeting of the Swiss Regional Television Association Telesuisse on Thursday, the association’s leadership was renewed. Aline Nicol (Canal 9, Valais) and André Moesch (Tele Ostschweiz) were newly elected. Council of States member Filippo Lombardi (Tele Ticino) was re-elected as association president for another two years.
At the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Association of Swiss
The leadership of the Telesuisse regional television association was renewed on Thursday. Founding president Markus Ruoss and his successor Claude Alain Stettler were bid farewell by the board after 13 years of intensive work. Aline Nicol (Canal 9, Valais) and André Moesch (Tele Ostschweiz) were newly elected. Councillor of States Filippo Lombardi (Tele Ticino) was confirmed as President of the Association for a further two years.
At the same time, the meeting set up a working group to prepare the association's realignment for 2009 together with the Board of Directors. Part of the realignment is a possible expansion through new membership categories, professionalization of the association's structures, new financing options and amendments to the articles of association. Marc Friedli (Tamedia-Tele Bärn), Thierry Bovay (Vaud-TV) and Silvio Lebrument (Tele Südostschweiz) were elected to the group.
At the end of the meeting, the assembly thanked Martin Dumermuth and
Matthias Ramsauer, Director and Deputy Director of the Federal Office of Communications.
For years, in good cooperation with Telesuisse, they had set the course for the new radio and television law and for the new licenses of the Swiss
regional television. Dumermuth and Ramsauer were available for an in-depth discussion about the next challenges facing the industry.
The leadership of the Telesuisse regional television association was renewed on Thursday. Founding president Markus Ruoss and his successor Claude Alain Stettler were bid farewell by the board after 13 years of intensive work. Aline Nicol (Canal 9, Valais) and André Moesch (Tele Ostschweiz) were newly elected. Councillor of States Filippo Lombardi (Tele Ticino) was confirmed as President of the Association for a further two years.
At the same time, the meeting set up a working group to prepare the association's realignment for 2009 together with the Board of Directors. Part of the realignment is a possible expansion through new membership categories, professionalization of the association's structures, new financing options and amendments to the articles of association. Marc Friedli (Tamedia-Tele Bärn), Thierry Bovay (Vaud-TV) and Silvio Lebrument (Tele Südostschweiz) were elected to the group.
At the end of the meeting, the assembly thanked Martin Dumermuth and
Matthias Ramsauer, Director and Deputy Director of the Federal Office of Communications.
For years, in good cooperation with Telesuisse, they had set the course for the new radio and television law and for the new licenses of the Swiss
regional television. Dumermuth and Ramsauer were available for an in-depth discussion about the next challenges facing the industry.
