Ehrler has been co-director of the bilingual station together with Thierry Savary for five years. During his time at Radio Fribourg, Ehrler has done a lot for the further development of the German-language program, the station announced on Wednesday.

This gives TSR and RSR the green light for the creation of "Radio Télévision Suisse", SRG's new public audiovisual service in French-speaking Switzerland. Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) and Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) will thus be merged into one company.
According to the press release, the corporate model corresponds to the national framework conditions defined by the SRG Board of Directors on March 18, 2009, in particular Retention of the main sites in Lausanne and Geneva as well as the regional offices where trimedial activities take place; maintenance of the existing radio and television stations with their respective profiles; one program and one news management. The RTSR BoD placed particular emphasis on journalistic polyphony and media diversity.
"RTS Radio Télévision Suisse" will be launched at the beginning of January 2010. The convergence project will be implemented over a period of five years, with two different time horizons: Firstly, the rapid merger of support and production activities (2010/2011), and secondly, the gradual cooperation in the programming area, which is to be realized by 2015.
Gilles Marchand becomes Director of "Radio Télévision Suisse"
The RTSR Board of Directors has appointed Gilles Marchand, the current Director of TSR, as Director of the new company. Gérard Tschopp, Director of RSR, will remain in office until December 31, 2009. He will then be responsible for the national "Convergence and Efficiency" project and program coordination at SRG's General Management in Bern and will report directly to the Director General.

According to SDA, this was achieved by a viewer who complained to drs ombudsman Achille Casanova that the series was not suitable for children. The woman was particularly disturbed by the broadcast on October 6, which featured a near-execution. The SF customer service also incurred the critic's displeasure. They told her that the series was very popular and also very popular with young children - the series was fine.
The ombudsman's final report from the beginning of November states that the responsible editorial manager apologizes for this information from customer service. He also referred to the efforts made by those responsible for TV to protect children and young people. After all, a minimum level of parental supervision can be expected. In addition, violence is completely exaggerated, satirically packaged and distorted into clownishness, especially in "The Simpsons". It has been proven that this is far less dangerous for children than realistic films due to the lack of realism.
The early evening program is generally aimed at young people and adults aged 15 and over. The children's program "Tubii TV" ends at 4.50 pm. However, "The Simpsons" was not originally conceived for children. For this reason, since last year their broadcast no longer seamlessly connects to the children's program. However, there is no crude violence or pornography in the series.
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The Board of Directors of the new company will consist of representatives of TDC and France Télécom, with France Télécom holding the majority of seats. Thomas Sieber is to become Managing Director of the new company. Christoph Brand will remain CEO of Sunrise until the transaction is completed. He will then oversee the start of the integration project before moving on to new professional responsibilities outside the Group. The new company will be a strong player on the Swiss telecommunications market: together, the new company, whose name has not yet been announced, will have 3.4 million mobile customers and 1.1 million fixed network and Internet customers. This will result in market shares of 38% (mobile telephony) and 13% (broadband connections).
Bakom is waiting for input from Orange and Sunrise
The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) is expecting a submission from Orange and Sunrise on the planned merger in the next few days. "We need a presentation of the new situation from both companies," said Bakom spokesperson Roberto Rivola on Wednesday at the request of SDA. "We do not know whether Sunrise will relinquish its license or whether Sunrise will be taken over. We don't have the details," Rivola continued. As soon as OFCOM has received the submission, an analysis will be made of what the new situation means for the competition on the telecommunications market and whether the merger can be approved. OFCOM will also involve the Competition Commission in the analysis.
According to SDA, the same applies at Comcom: In the event of a merger, the partners would have to submit an application to take over the license or cancel the license that is no longer in use, said ComCom Secretary Peter Bär on request. Comcom and Bakom could also impose special conditions for the granting of licenses, said Bär. Within the framework of the legislation, the Commission ensures that competition and security for customers are maintained.
There is no deadline by which the submission must be made, said Rivola. In order for the merger partners to keep to their own timetable, the submission must be made in the next few days. Bakom will analyze the submission, but the decision will be made by Comcom, which is also in charge.

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Here Klum, there Samuel - no problem at all for Papa Klum: taking the husband's name in private is no problem, he told Bunte. Nevertheless, he is playing it safe and has now secured the Internet addresses with the name Heidi Samuel as a precaution. And the enterprising Mr. Klum also seems to have big plans for Heidi's children - at least he has secured the addresses with the names of his grandchildren. And who knows, perhaps the junior Klums/Samuels really will soon be climbing the career ladder just as steeply as their parents: "The grown-ups all play the piano, and Henry loves the drums. He has a real professional drum kit and is getting better and better," the top model praises her children in the gala. And while the male offspring seem to be taking after their father Seal, one can hope for a modeling career à la Heidi with daughter Leni: "She loves clothes just as much as I do and also likes to pose for pictures." So it will be interesting to see.

According to a press release issued on Wednesday, the qualified marketing planner will take up his position in the first quarter of 2010, replacing Michael Sutter, who left the company at the end of October. Sandro Bürgi, who completed his commercial apprenticeship at Espace Media Groupe, then worked as an advertising consultant for Automobil Revue/Revue Automobile and Moto Sport Schweiz/Moto Sport Suisse. He subsequently worked as a key account manager for the major national customers of the Berner Zeitung BZ. For the past two years, he was Sales Manager at Basler Zeitung Medien in Basel, where he was responsible for the entire local advertising market for print, radio and online. At the same time, he also worked for Key Media AG, a subsidiary of the BZM Group, as sales manager in the advertising agency business.

According to a press release, this is the second gold medal the agency has won for IWC at this award since 2007. A total of 920 entries from 21 countries were submitted. The World Luxury Award is regarded as the world's largest creative competition for luxury brand communication.

Until Karen Heidl's successor has been found, Dietrich Berg, Managing Director of Anzeiger/Zeitschriften/ Bücher and member of the company management, will take over the management of the magazine publishing house.
The AZ Medien Group's magazine publishing house publishes the special interest magazines "KOCHEN", "natürlich leben", "FIT for LIFE" and "wir eltern" as well as the trade magazines "Technica", "Bâtitech", "Megalink", "Elektrotechnik ET", "HK-Gebäudetechnik", "CHemie plus", "CR Chemische Rundschau" and "Swiss Plastics".

There is rarely the right time to leave, Brotz is quoted as saying in a statement from Radio 1. One of the reasons is to be able to research his own stories and write texts again. Then there are his personal life plans. "I would like to thank Roger Schawinski for his boundless trust and I am proud to have been part of this team," Brotz continued. Schawinski commented on the departure of his editor-in-chief with the following words: "I very much regret that Sandro Brotz is leaving Radio 1. He has been with us from the very beginning and has made a huge contribution to our station with his knowledge, his personality and his commitment. " Decisions about the successor would not be made immediately, but only after a detailed evaluation.
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According to SDA, Sieber said that the optimization of personnel would be evaluated in the course of the merger of Orange and Sunrise. The cost savings from the operating business amounted to CHF 200 million per year. Most of this would come from the rationalization of processes and functions, which would generate annual savings of around CHF 80 million, said Sieber. This includes structural savings, particularly in real estate, personnel savings and the elimination of overlaps. 73 million would be saved by merging the two mobile networks and IT. As a result, there will be a third fewer antenna sites than both networks have today. Nevertheless, coverage will improve. Finally, marketing and sales will contribute 47 million annually to the savings in operating costs. On the other hand, the costs for the integration of the two companies amounted to a cumulative CHF 140 million.
Strong competitor to Swisscom
Between 2010 and 2015, there would be synergies of CHF 570 million in investments after deducting integration costs. Annual savings of CHF 65 million are expected from 2015 onwards. In total, the synergies would amount to CHF 3.2 billion. Together, Sunrise and Orange would be the leading alternative telecoms provider in the Swiss market and a strong competitor to Swisscom, said France Télécom CFO Gervais Pellissier.
Last year, combined sales of CHF 3.093 billion and an operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of CHF 809 million were achieved, said Olaf Swantee, responsible for Orange's global mobile business customers. In the first half of 2009, turnover would have amounted to 1.6 billion francs and EBITDA to 398 million francs.
Market share of 38.4 percent in mobile communications
The merger will increase the market share in mobile communications to 38.4%. The new company had 3.423 million mobile customers at the end of June, while Swisscom had 5.478 million mobile customers. In addition, there are 1.09 million customers in the fixed network business, in which Orange has hardly been active to date. This gives Orange a market share of 13 percent in the broadband business. Orange and Sunrise would operate over 100 stores in future. Sieber has not yet announced which stores will be closed.
Green light expected by mid-May
The Competition Commission (ComCo) still has to approve the deal. The green light is expected by the middle of next May, said Pellissier. Only then will the transaction be completed. Until then, Orange and Sunrise will operate independently of each other. The future name of the company will be decided once the transaction has been completed. The Danish Sunrise owner TDC expects a complete exit from the merged Sunrise/Orange Switzerland by 2014. The merger agreement provides for three options: Firstly, the new company could buy back shares from TDC every year from 2012 to 2014. This is a likely option and the exit is expected to take place by 2014, explained TDC CFO Jesper Ovesen.
In addition, TDC could sell its stake to a third party at the earliest two years after the conclusion of the agreement, or the new company could be listed on the stock exchange after three years at the earliest. Alternatively, France Telecom has the option to exercise a call option on TDC's 25% stake on an ongoing basis after the first year following the conclusion of the transaction.

The CD was redesigned by graphic designer and illustrator Samuel Jordi, while media designer Barbara Hiltbrunner Bissig completely redesigned and implemented the websites. The company will retain its current office in Kilchberg and will continue to manage the acquisition mandates for the weekly newspaper Woz (including the office for the ecological advertising combination Ökopool), the Unia members' newspaper Work and the members' magazine of the Swiss Tenants' Association M&W. A new mandate as of 2010 is the management of advertising acquisition and administration for the magazine Zeitlupe published by Pro Senectute. The administrative part of the mandate for Zeitlupe is outsourced to Schmid Annoncen. Kilian Gasser handles sales for Zeitlupe together with Adelheid Kaegi, who takes over specific customer segments from her office in Biel.

The campaign assumes that someone who smokes is also paying cash at the kiosk for becoming fatally ill. Because with every pack of cigarettes, you buy a little more of the incurable and deadly disease COPD. The subjects should address this as simply as possible, strikingly and without admonishing fingers.

Responsible at the Lung League Zurich: Robert Zuber (Managing Director), Alexandra Vogel (Head of Public Relations). Responsible at Werbeanstalt Schweiz: Reto Dürrenberger (Strategy), Sarah Hiltebrand (CD), Mike Krüll (Text/Concept), Sascha Fanetti (Senior AD), Sarah Erni (AD Assistant), Sebastian Day (Graphics), Oli Bergmann, Fabienne Tschanz (Consulting), Andi Laub (DTP).