The KVF recommends that the Council of States reject the parliamentary initiative by National Councillor Natalie Rickli (SVP/ZH) by 8 votes to 3 with one abstention, as reported by the Parliamentary Services on Tuesday. In the opinion of the initiator, parliament is better suited to represent the interests of fee payers. This would lead to lower fees. For the majority of the Council of States committee, this would only lead to an "unnecessary politicization of the question of fees and programming". This could jeopardize the constitutional mandate, namely the promotion of the formation of political opinion and will and cultural diversity in all parts of the country.
At its meeting, the KVF spoke out in favor of radio and television fees being levied in future, as proposed by the Federal Council in a report, irrespective of ownership of a receiver. So far, however, the KVF of the Council of States has only signaled its agreement in principle. It wants to define even more precisely who should be exempt from the fees. To this end, it wants to revise the text of the motion that was approved by the National Council's sister committee.

Heidi Ungerer will become Head of Journalism at DRS 1. She has been Head of Presentation and Music at DRS 1 and a member of the Program Management since 2009. The 49-year-old has worked in various roles at Schweizer Radio DRS since 1992, including as producer and presenter of the "Rendez-vous" program, daily publicity manager at DRS 1, presenter of the live talk show "Persönlich" and Head of Presentation and Music at DRS 1. From 2000 to 2003, Ungerer was Head of Corporate Communications at SR DRS.
The 36-year-old Pascal Scherrer will remain Head of Journalism at DRS 3 in the new SRF company. He has been working in this role at SR DRS since 2007 and is now also responsible for moderation. From 2004 to 2007, Scherrer was Head of Journalism at DRS 3.
Christoph Aebersold, 37, has been responsible for DRS Virus at SR DRS since 2008 and will also take over the journalistic management of the program at SRF. Since 2000, Aebersold has worked as an editor and producer at DRS 3 and as Head of Words at DRS Virus.
Journalistic Director DRS Musikwelle becomes Bernhard Siegmann. The 44-year-old has been a presenter on Swiss Radio DRS 1 since 1997 and is part of the founding team of "Musigwälle 531".

Further management positions filled
The 40-year-old Michael Schuler becomes head of the newly created Rock/Pop editorial team. In this role, he will be responsible for the music programming of DRS 1, DRS 3 and DRS Virus, the specials and the music journalism content. His area of responsibility includes live productions and music programs in the rock/pop sector at SRF. Schuler has been Head of Music at DRS 3 and DRS Virus since 2006.
The position of moderation developer in the staff of the radio division management François Mürner. The 61-year-old will be responsible for coaching all radio presenters. Mürner has been head of presentation at DRS 3 since 2003. He has been with SR DRS since 1978 and has successfully helped shape DRS 3 as a presenter, editorial director and producer. Mürner was also the founder of DRS Virus and ran the program from 1999 to 2003.
Chief of Staff of the Head of Radio Walter Herger. The 48-year-old has been Head of Staff at DRS 3 for seven years and has worked at Swiss Radio DRS for 23 years. He began working for DRS 3 in 1987 as the author of the "Zeitreise" (Journey through time) section and then worked as Head of Words and subsequently as Head of Journalism and Head of Daily Affairs for DRS 3.

Revenues climbed by 9 percent to 1.16 billion euros. Like rival ProSiebenSat.1, RTL Group has been benefiting for a good year from the fact that many companies from industry and commerce are once again spending significantly more money on TV advertising spots. Previously, advertising bookings had slumped by more than ten percent in some cases due to the financial crisis. The Bertelsmann-owned broadcasting group is sticking to its expectations for this year: Business results should be "significantly better" than in 2009.

According to the advertisers, television is the best way to appeal to the main target group, smokers over the age of 45. However, smoking itself is not addressed in the TV commercial. With an online test at Copd-test.ch potentially at risk of COPD can determine their risk. The campaign also includes other online measures (banners, Google AdWords), media work and a mailing to the medical profession.

Responsible at the Swiss Lung Association: Ursula Luder (Head of Marketing/Communication/Fundraising), Barbara Weber (Project Manager). Idea, concept and realization: In Flagranti. Production TV spot: Shining
Pictures: Marco Lutz (director).

On the site, users are informed daily about dates and news from the British royal family. Photos and videos of Charles and Camilla and Princes William and Harry are also available. However, there is not much personal information about Her Majesty on Facebook. The messages are more like the good old court report. And anyone who has the feeling that the Queen is hitting the keys herself is also mistaken. She prefers to leave the communicating to her staff. And it's a pity that the Queen doesn't accept friend requests. So you can't become Her Majesty's "friend" via Facebook either.

Xing recorded a surplus of 2.1 million euros after 340,000 euros in the same period last year, as the Hamburg-based Internet company announced on Tuesday. The number of users rose by almost half a million, bringing the company's membership to more than ten million. Turnover rose by a fifth to 13.8 million euros. Xing primarily earns money from the contributions of its premium members.
In contrast, the US company Facebook, with around 500 million users, relies primarily on income from advertising banners. As the internet giant does not publish any business figures, advertising revenue can only be estimated. According to a new study, however, Facebook can secure a large slice of the advertising pie in the world's largest advertising market, the USA, thanks to its strategy. In America, one in four advertising banners appeared on Facebook in the past quarter, as the internet consulting firm Comscore found out. That was more than its rivals Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and News Corp combined. Rupert Murdoch's media group also owns the music network MySpace. According to analysts, Facebook is not yet able to charge as much for its advertising as its competitors, but is catching up.

The advertising combination "NZZ am Sonntag plus Zentralschweiz" will have a circulation of 239156 copies and 650000 readers. In terms of circulation, this combination will become the largest offer on Sunday, the companies wrote in a communiqué on Tuesday. The advertising combination offers a discount of 12.5 percent compared to the cumulative prices of a single insertion. It can be booked through NZZ Media or Publicitas branches.

Claudia Burtscher from St. Gallen completed the exam with a grade point average of 5, 6, which is one of the best results she has achieved since passing this professional exam. Manuela Schnell from Staufen (5.0) was second in the class of 2010, and Matthias Moser from Lucerne (4.9) was third. Overall, the 22 graduates achieved a grade point average of 4.47, with a pass rate of 88 percent.
This year, for the first time, the participants were able to decide whether they wanted to complete the written exam by hand as before or on the computer, although only four of the 25 graduates took advantage of this option. The written exam took place at the beginning of September; the oral exam one month later in Lenzburg at the KV-Schulhaus. The diploma ceremony will be held on January 7, 2011. The next examinations for the specialist examination for communications managers with a federal diploma will take place in autumn 2011; the dates will be published on www.sw-ps.ch. For more information, please contact Claudia Facchinetti, Head of the Examination Office: [email protected].

The successful candidates:
Ackermann Carmen, St. Gallen; Aepli Claudia, Fällanden; Bächle Simone, Wabern; Bosson Thomas, Wallisellen; Bracher Buzzi Jon Alain, Zurich; Büsser Marcel, Wil; Burtscher Claudia Lucia, St. Gallen; Enderlin Beat, Rotkreuz; Fretz Petra, Chur; Gerber Anita, Zürich; Lang Patrick, Zürich; Leu Monika, Zürich; Mährle Daniel, Nänikon; Moser Matthias, Luzern; Nyffenegger Martin, Winterthur; Penner Anja, Zürich; Schmid Jasmin, Zürich; Schnell Manuela, Staufen; Steinacher Roman, Horgen; Weilenmann Daniela, Thalwil; Wieland Sven, Zürich; Zellweger Thomas, St. Gallen.

Advico Young & Rubicam Zurich's multi-award-winning campaign for the Sonntagszeitung newspaper was honored with the "Obama" subject in the "Print" category. The "Linguatronic" radio campaign by Jung von Matt/Limmat for Mercedes-Benz also received a bronze award in the "Radio" category. The "Amarillo" spot also received a bronze award and the "Athens" spot made it onto the shortlist. The LIAs were held for the 25th time this year and brought together around 15,000 entries from 79 countries.

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