Spreitenbach wants to keep Tele Züri
The Spreitenbach Municipal Council does not want to lose access to the private television station Tele Züri. It therefore intends to appeal to Bakom regarding the redistribution of TV coverage areas.
The Spreitenbach municipal council does not want to do without the private television channel Tele Züri. It therefore wants to approach Bakom in connection with the redistribution of the TV coverage areas. With the redistribution of coverage areas, the municipality will be located in the Aargau-Solothurn region. As a result, only Tele M1 may be broadcast in the region via the cable network, according to a statement from the municipal council on Monday. However, the prerequisite for this scenario is that Tele Züri is licensed for the Zurich-North-Eastern Switzerland area and Tele M1 for Aargau-Solothurn.
For the municipal council, the division made by the Federal Council is "absolutely incomprehensible", as the Limmat Valley is clearly economically oriented towards Zurich. With the shutdown of Tele Züri, the municipality would once again be perceived as a peripheral region. The municipal council will therefore do everything in its power to ensure that both Tele M1 and Tele Züri can continue to be received in the future.
Spreitenbach would like to take action together with the other municipalities. However, the municipal council reserves the right to draw the attention of the Federal Office of Communications (Bakom) to the grievance on its own and, if necessary, to request an appealable ruling, according to the press release.
The Schwyz government recently had a similar request. However, the Federal Council rejected the request to make some municipalities in the canton of Schwyz a mixed zone. According to spokesman Bernhard Bürki, Bakom generally wants to avoid double coverage (see
).
For the municipal council, the division made by the Federal Council is "absolutely incomprehensible", as the Limmat Valley is clearly economically oriented towards Zurich. With the shutdown of Tele Züri, the municipality would once again be perceived as a peripheral region. The municipal council will therefore do everything in its power to ensure that both Tele M1 and Tele Züri can continue to be received in the future.
Spreitenbach would like to take action together with the other municipalities. However, the municipal council reserves the right to draw the attention of the Federal Office of Communications (Bakom) to the grievance on its own and, if necessary, to request an appealable ruling, according to the press release.
The Schwyz government recently had a similar request. However, the Federal Council rejected the request to make some municipalities in the canton of Schwyz a mixed zone. According to spokesman Bernhard Bürki, Bakom generally wants to avoid double coverage (see
).
