A critical look at SF Digital

Digital TV Mobile TV, TV on demand and
Cinema standard at home - that's what Swiss Television (SF) wants to offer the
TV consumers thanks to digital technology. But what
what do publishers say? Norbert Neininger from the Swiss Press Association
differentiates. "If the SRG wants to put what it already has in its program on
new channels such as cable, satellite or mobile TV, it is to be
do this within the scope of the concession," he says. But they are resisting,
if SRG were to move into new business areas and offer private
prevent initiatives. "As a fee-financed company, it is
more and more strongly." That is why the publishers would have used SRG news platforms
complained about on the Internet.
It is also tricky when SRG opens its archives and offers TV on demand.
offers. "If it does so exclusively, this would be additional business and not
okay," says Neininger, because their archives are built up with fees
have been. The publishers want access to the SF fund. (mk)