"Meteo" will continue to be presented in Swiss German

The Swiss-German moderation in the weather program "Meteo" on Schweizer Fernsehen SF does not violate programming law. The Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television UBI has rejected a corresponding complaint. Until recently, the program was still presented in High German. Now all "Meteo" presentations are in Swiss German. In a complaint to the UBI, it was argued that fee payers who did not understand dialect were being marginalized as a result.SRG's programming law stipulates that the standard language should generally be used in important information programmes that are of interest beyond linguistic and national borders. It is true that "Meteo" is an important information program. However, the weather magazine does not meet all the criteria set out in the aforementioned licensing provision, writes the UBI. In particular, there is no interest in the weather program that transcends linguistic or even national borders. The UBI also adds that the essential information conveyed by "Meteo" is understandable even if one does not understand the moderation thanks to illustrations. For these reasons, the Swiss-German presentation did not infringe programming law.