Fees withheld
Fee money The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) has only partially paid out the fee money to four out of five private TV stations whose annual accounts gave rise to complaints. Three have lodged an appeal against this.
Fee money Over the past five years, OFCOM has only partially paid out fee money to four out of five private TV stations whose accounts gave rise to complaints. This year, three broadcasters have appealed to the Federal Administrative Court. According to the media magazine Klartext, the appeals are pending. Tele Südostschweiz, Tele Ticino, Canal Alpha, Tele Bielingue and Canal 9 are affected; the first three have appealed. In the case of Tele Ticino, the amount at stake is CHF 100,000. Bielingue has refrained from lodging an appeal because the reduction in fees was minimal. The matter was triggered by random checks of the broadcasters' annual accounts by OFCOM in 2004 (elk).
