Television fees to rise from 2007
The Department of Communications (UVEK) has initiated a process to increase license fees and has asked the SRG to assess its financial needs.
The Federal Department of Communications (Uvek) has initiated a procedure to increase reception fees and has asked the SRG to clarify its financial requirements. This was reported by the SonntagsZeitung. SRG has until the summer to clarify the matter. Insiders at the federal government are assuming a significant fee increase that will affect the coming year. However, neither the federal government nor the SRG wanted to comment on this. Price watchdog Hans Rudolf Strahm could prevent the adjustments to television fees. He will assess the plan in late summer and take a close look at any increase, he told the SonntagsZeitung.
