News: Gifts for Radio Freiburg
The bilingual local radio station Radio Freiburg receives support from its creditors.
The bilingual local radio station Radio Fribourg is receiving support from its creditors.News Gifts for Radio Fribourg They are waiving an amount of around 350000 francs. This will reduce the station's deficit for 2001 to slightly less than 270000 francs. In addition, the debt waiver prevents the station's own funds from falling below the permitted limit.
Pay-per-view at Cablecom Cablecom may offer its customers feature films for a fee. The Federal Council has granted the cable network operator a corresponding TV license. The company is planning a digital service called Cablecom Digital Cinema (CDC), in which current feature films will be broadcast on several channels at staggered intervals ("near-video-on-demand"). Customers only pay for the films they actually watch (pay-per-view). A monthly print magazine provides information about the program offerings. The launch of CDC is scheduled for mid-September.
Now there is only Simsa The industry associations Swiss Interactive Media Association (Sima) and SwissSoft completed their merger at the beginning of July. They are now operating together under the name Swiss Interactive Media& Software Association (Simsa). Previous names will no longer be used. The Internet address has also changed to www.simsa.ch.
Viva-Swizz sold The German Viva Group wants to acquire a majority stake in the Swiss music TV channel Viva-Swizz (see also p.25). It plans to increase its current stake from 44% to 96%. The founding team of Viva-Swizz will retain a symbolic shareholding of 4%. Viva and the founding shareholders signed an agreement to this effect last week. The agreement is subject to the approval of the Federal Council. The purchase price, which will be paid in cash, has not been disclosed. The local concept of Viva-Swizz is to be retained.
Pay-per-view at Cablecom Cablecom may offer its customers feature films for a fee. The Federal Council has granted the cable network operator a corresponding TV license. The company is planning a digital service called Cablecom Digital Cinema (CDC), in which current feature films will be broadcast on several channels at staggered intervals ("near-video-on-demand"). Customers only pay for the films they actually watch (pay-per-view). A monthly print magazine provides information about the program offerings. The launch of CDC is scheduled for mid-September.
Now there is only Simsa The industry associations Swiss Interactive Media Association (Sima) and SwissSoft completed their merger at the beginning of July. They are now operating together under the name Swiss Interactive Media& Software Association (Simsa). Previous names will no longer be used. The Internet address has also changed to www.simsa.ch.
Viva-Swizz sold The German Viva Group wants to acquire a majority stake in the Swiss music TV channel Viva-Swizz (see also p.25). It plans to increase its current stake from 44% to 96%. The founding team of Viva-Swizz will retain a symbolic shareholding of 4%. Viva and the founding shareholders signed an agreement to this effect last week. The agreement is subject to the approval of the Federal Council. The purchase price, which will be paid in cash, has not been disclosed. The local concept of Viva-Swizz is to be retained.
