Bakom plans continuous analysis of radio and TV programs
The Federal Office of Communications intends to use the funding allocated for annual support of research projects in the radio and television sector to introduce a continuous analysis of programming.
The RTV Division of the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) has a specific credit for the annual support of research projects in the radio and television sector. From this year onwards, the credit will be used mainly for the introduction of a continuous analysis of Swiss radio and television programs, announced Bakom. The analysis of SRG's radio and television channels is to begin in 2008, followed by the analysis of private radio and television channels in 2009. SRG is subject to various conditions in its current license. According to Bakom, compliance with these conditions is to be checked in two ways: On the one hand, SRG is obliged to define its own content and formal standards on the basis of the quality criteria. This internal view will be contrasted with an external view consisting of an external scientific analysis of SRG's radio and television programs. The external scientific program analysis will be linked to the program and quality requirements of the SRG concession.
