The end for NW1
The local television station in Basel-Landschaft has ceased operations. According to reports from SDA and OnlineReports.ch, the Basler Zeitung has also scrapped its plans to take over the station.
Baselbieter Lokalfernsehen has ceased operations. According to reports from SDA and OnlineReports.ch, the Basler Zeitung has also dropped its takeover plans. The next step will be to sell the company's assets.
The broadcasting of canned programs was discontinued on Friday. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Basler Zeitung (BaZ), Matthias Hagemann, also announced on Friday that BaZ would refrain from taking over the loss-making station.
Surprising failure The failure of the negotiations came as a surprise, as the draft contract was about to be signed. Hagemann told OnlineReports.ch that operation with the new ownership structure would most likely not have been possible with the existing concession. However, BaZ did not want to take the risks in terms of the performance mandate from Bakom that would have been associated with a new concession. BaZ had planned a neighborhood and community television station with very modest resources. Despite the failure, television was still on the wish list of the Basel-based publisher.
