European umbrella organization of broadcasting fee collection companies founded
Collection agencies for broadcasting fees from Europe and Israel have founded their own umbrella organization, the Broadcasting Fee Association (BFA). Switzerland is represented on the BFA’s board by Billag.
Broadcasting fee collection companies from Europe and Israel have founded their own umbrella organization, the Broadcasting Fee Association BFA. Switzerland is represented on the BFA board by Billag. The aim of the BFA is to improve fee management. In addition, technological, legal, financial and strategic issues relating to fee management and fee communication are to be addressed, as Billag writes in a press release. Broadcasting fee collection companies from Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland are currently represented. Other countries are considering joining. In terms of the obligation to pay fees, Switzerland is in a leading position in Europe: 96% of television and 92% of radio consumers are duly registered with Billag, as Billag writes further.
