Swisscom also has two new HD channels on offer, the company writes in a press release: ORF eins HD and ORF 2 HD. Mobile television will also be expanded as of September 14 to include the channels 3+, ORF 2, Super RTL, Sport 1, 3sat, BR, SWR, WDR, Sixx, Arte de, Arte fr and RTL 9.
 

In the second quarter of 2011, the channel achieved a market share of 0.1 percent and net reach increased from 275,30 to 299,000 from the first to the second quarter of 2011, a statement said. Servus TV is also being used for significantly longer: Compared to the first quarter of 2011, usage in minutes has almost doubled. Viewers watch Servus TV for an average of 65.5 minutes.

Servus TV, a Red Bull Media House company based in Salzburg, has been offering an advertising window exclusively for Switzerland since the beginning of the year.
 

Radio Basel is realigning itself. Christian Heeb, who founded and launched Radio Basel around two years ago together with Karlheinz Kögel, will leave the company on October 24, 2011 to mark the two-year anniversary of the station's launch, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. In future, Kögel will hold more than 99.9 percent of Radio Basel shares. He wants to lead the station into a new future. The transition submitted to the Uvek for approval should make it possible to seek cooperative marketing solutions for the future that will strengthen Radio Basel economically.

Since the implementation of the ambitious new concept two years ago, Radio Basel has continuously increased its reach, the press release continues. The ambitious target of over 100,000 users was achieved and maintained for several months in spring 2011, with Radio Basel clearly exceeding the acceptance of all its predecessors. The independent Radio Basel Group, which holds no stakes in other broadcasters, has so far operated without any association with other broadcasters. The company has no obligations to banks or third parties. The station had been supported exclusively by the two previous partners.

The governments of both Basel and the Federal Office of Communications have been fully informed of this decision, according to the press release.

When asked by SDA, Heeb did not want to comment further on his departure, as the entire editorial team had not yet been informed and the application to the federal government was not yet online. In any case, the radio station is not being sold, but he is stepping down. After five years of working for this station, it was time for a break - but he did not want to talk about retirement.
 

Urs Fitze will take over as head of fiction within the culture department of Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen on November 1, 2011. He will be responsible for the three editorial departments Pacte and Co-Productions, TV Film and Series, and Film and Series Purchasing, according to a statement on Wednesday.

Since the beginning of 2011, Fitze has been Head of TV Coordination at the SRG General Directorate, responsible for film productions under the "Pacte de l'audiovisuel," national television projects and international contacts. Before that, the film studies graduate worked for around twenty years on cultural and entertainment formats for Swiss television, initially as a director, then as an editor, producer and deputy head of editorial, most recently as program developer for the culture and entertainment departments. During this time, successful formats such as "Einfachluxuriös," "Die grössten Schweizer Hits," "Giacobbo / Müller," "SF bi de Lüt," "Die lange Nacht des Schweizer Films" and various thematic focuses in culture were created.

Talks are underway with Peter Studhalter, who has been head of the fiction division and head of the editorial department for TV films and series, about future responsibilities for co-produced crime films.

As Reuters news agency learned from people familiar with the situation, Bartz wrote in a memo to employees that the chairman of the governing body dismissed them by phone.

Bartz took the helm at Yahoo in 2009. The cooperation with the Microsoft software group on Internet search took place during her time. Despite its strong partner, Yahoo is having a hard time holding its own against its larger competitor Google. Most recently, the important business with graphic advertisements weakened. (SDA)
 

The media office was created as part of the reorganization of the public prosecutor's office, as announced on Wednesday. The 40-year-old Lutz previously worked for SBB and the Swiss Salaried Employees Association, where he also gained communications experience, and trained in corporate communications. (SDA)
 

The new image focuses on farmers and the services they provide to society, the agency said in a statement. They position themselves as talented all-rounders who have what it takes to be experts and shine in a wide range of specialist areas. They present themselves in the Edelweiss shirts typical of Swiss farmers.

According to the press release, the centerpiece of the presentation are the TV commercials, for which Bettina Oberli was recruited as director. She celebrated cinema successes with films such as "Die Herbstzeitlosen" and "Tannöd" and won numerous awards. Oberli also sat on the main jury at this year's Locarno Film Festival. For Oberli, the advertising engagement in this form is a premiere.

In addition to the TV spots, print and poster sujets were also realized.

Responsible at the Swiss farmers: Urs Schneider (Deputy Director SBC, Head of Communications), Sandra Helfenstein (Deputy Head of Communications SBC), Markus Rediger (Managing Director Agricultural Information Service LID). Responsible at Jung von Matt/Limmat: Alexander Jaggy (ECD), Samuel Christ (text), Patrick Beeli (art direction), Tobias Wirz (graphics), Ilonka Galliard (agency producer), Deborah Herzig (art buying), Rolf Helfenstein, Nicolas Schoberth, Florence Studer, Roman Meister (consulting), Cyrill Hauser, Philipp Bühler (PR), Bettina Oberli (direction), Michael Saxer (camera), Shinging Pictures (production), Stefan Minder (photo), Jingle Jungle (sound),

The yearbook is a full three centimeters wide, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. That may not seem like much. However, together with a new page design, a lot of new space has been gained. This should be of interest to the competition participants, as it increases the size of the illustrations of the submissions included in the book by an average of 30 percent.

Despite the new format, the book price and the costs of inclusion in the book will remain the same for competition participants, according to the statement. The actual cover design of the yearbook will be published at the end of the year. Participants in the competition can register online at Jdw.com inform you about the new page design and the new image sizes using sample pages.

Entries for the current competition can be submitted until October 7. The Yearbook of Advertising, Volume 49 will be published in March 2012.
 

This was announced by SRF on Wednesday. Karin Frei, born in 1969, has worked for Swiss Radio DRS since 1992. She worked as an editor and presenter at DRS 3 until 1994. From 1996, the Lucerne native hosted the evening and night program on DRS 1, before moving to the background program "Doppelpunkt" as a presenter and editor in 2004. Since 2009, she has also hosted the talk show "Persönlich". Frei is a book author and holds a degree in European ethnology, social and economic history, and international law.

36-year-old Mona Vetsch has been with Swiss radio and television since 1997. She has worked as a presenter and editor for various formats, including "Oops!", "Weekend Music" and "Pisa - Kampf der Kantone". For the program "Quer", Vetsch was an outside presenter and deputy for Patrick Rohr. Since 2004 she has worked for the SF reportage series "Fernweh" and presented various long-term reports for "SF Spezial". Mona Vetsch is the presenter of the morning show on DRS 3 and was the host of the DRS 3 talk show "Focus" from 2003 to early 2010, of which she was the editor for three years. As a freelance writer, she has worked for various print media. The native of eastern Switzerland graduated with a business degree and studied political science, sociology and European popular literature at the University of Zurich for four years.
 

The slogan for the new concept is accordingly: "Not my first love affair. In advertisements, the design-laden image concept places the watch prominently in the center. The aim is to showcase the fine craftsmanship, the detailed workmanship of the best materials, and the high level of precision.

Responsible at Armin Strom: Serge Michel (CEO). Responsible at Komet: Thom Pfister (CD), Roland Zenger (AD), Tamara Janes (Graphics), Antonia Bekiaris (Text), Simon Schatzmann (Head of Consulting), Bettina Ammann (Consulting).
 

As a rule, information on the shareholding structure is sufficient to assess who controls a public limited company. This is what the Press Council writes in its decision published on Tuesday. However, the disclosure of the legal ownership structure is not sufficient if there are clear indications that the legal ownership may not correspond to the actual economic circumstances.

Based on the media research submitted by the complainants, it appears unclear to the Press Council whether the Basler Zeitung actually belongs to Moritz Suter from an economic point of view or whether it belongs to one or more unknown third parties, as the Press Council further argues. The Council is therefore calling on Basler Zeitung Medien to declare unequivocally whether and, if so, which third parties and/or institutions financed the purchase of Basler Zeitung Medien and what co-determination rights they have demanded in return. The demand for disclosure of direct and indirect shareholdings in
media companies is compatible with media and economic freedom, the Press Council continued. If the media set themselves the task of creating transparency about social actors and important social processes, they should not apply a different standard to themselves.

The first complaints were submitted to the Press Council in spring 2011. They complained that it was unclear whether the Basler Zeitung was actually owned by the Basel entrepreneur Moritz Suter, who allegedly took over 100 percent of the group of companies in November 2010. The complaints criticized the lack of information as a violation of the requirement enshrined in the journalists' code of conduct to disclose the ownership structure, to which both the editorial team and the public were entitled. At the time, Basler Zeitung Medien replied that it had long since complied with the disclosure requirement. The company had already announced with the takeover by Moritz Suter on November 24, 2010 that Moritz Suter was the sole shareholder of BaZ Holding. BaZ reiterated this position in a communiqué on Tuesday.

According to the BaZ press release, Suter holds all the shares in National Zeitung and Basler Nachrichten. Basler Zeitung Medien and Balser Zeitung as well as all other companies are combined under its umbrella. With this information, BaZ has disclosed its ownership structure in line with what other Swiss media companies also disclose. No other media company is required to disclose financing agreements. Such a demand would massively interfere with the freedom of the media and economic freedom in Switzerland.