SRG: Publishers identify savings potential in Ticino
SRG has to save over 50 million a year. Media Minister Moritz Leuenberger is considering massive cost reductions and can imagine entire programs or channels being discontinued. Publishers and politicians, on the other hand, see potential savings in Ticino, which benefits disproportionately from the redistribution of license fee money compared to other regions.
The entire second Ticino TV program could be cancelled without replacement, as Peter Wanner, publisher of the Mittelland Zeitung, told the Tagesanzeiger. According to the newspaper's estimates, this could save around 40 million. SP National Councillor Hans-Jürg Fehr can also imagine that radio and/or television programs in Ticino could be discontinued before cuts are made to German-language programming - where the majority of revenue comes from. Hanspeter Lebrument, publisher of Südostschweiz and President of the Swiss Press Association, is of the same opinion. According to Lebrument, the reduction of television and radio stations could be carried out without any loss of quality. After all, SRG has eight television stations and 18 radio stations. Like Weltwoche publisher Roger Köppel and price watchdog Stefan Meierhans, he also sees potential for savings in wage costs. SRG is the most generous employer in the media sector.
