Publisuisse publishes final figures
Publisuisse announces the final figures for the 2013 financial year. The net profit after tax amounts to approximately two million Swiss francs. Milena Folletti and Beat Grossenbacher were elected as new members of the Board of Directors.
Publisuisse closed the 2013 financial year with net sales of CHF 324 million, as the company announced at the Annual General Meeting on April 16, 2014. Net sales in 2013 comprise CHF 285 million from classic TV advertising (-3 percent year-on-year) and CHF 39 million from other business areas (TV and radio sponsorship and cross-media). According to the statement, the lack of viewers in the first half of the year was responsible for the decline in advertising revenues. Despite a significant increase in sales in the second half of the year, Publisuisse was no longer able to compensate for the financial losses.
The year 2014 is developing positively for Publisuisse: The booking level in the first semester is higher than in the previous year. "One reason for this is certainly the two major sporting events, the Olympics in Sochi and the World Cup in Brazil," says Martin Schneider. "SRG SSR stations are also offering many other programming highlights and new, innovative formats that are enjoying very good demand from both audiences and advertisers," the Publisuisse director continues.
Dino Balestra will step down from the Board of Directors at the end of May 2014, and Daniel Jorio at the end of June 2014. The General Meeting elected Milena Folletti, Head of Programming and Design Radiotelevisione svizzera, and Beat Grossenbacher, designated Director of Finance and Controlling SRG SSR, to the Board of Directors of publisuisse for the remaining term of two years. Milena Folletti will assume the mandate as of June 1, 2014, and Beat Grossenbacher as of July 1, 2014.
Further information on publisuisse's financial year can be found in the Annual Report. The 2013 Annual Report can be downloaded from the Website can be ordered or downloaded from publisuisse.
As of July 2014, the Board of Directors of Publisuisse is composed as follows:
President: Gilles Marchand, Radio Télévision Suisse, Genève
Vice President: Paul Nyffeler, Univest, Basel
Members:
Roger Basler, Franke Washroom Systems, Aarburg
Milena Folletti, Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano
Beat Grossenbacher, Finance & Controlling GD SRG SSR, Berne
Nico Issenmann, Issenmann Consulting, Männedorf
Rudolf Matter, Swiss Radio and Television, Zurich
