KVF against TV station for national cohesion
Swiss television should do more to promote national cohesion. The National Council's Telecommunications Commission (KVF) shares this view of the Council of States. However, the KVF does not intend to create a new television channel for this purpose.
The Commission is thus contradicting the Council of States, which last June called for a separate television channel on which programmes from the other language regions would be broadcast with subtitles or synchronized. The KVF has now deleted this passage from the Council of States' motion, as reported by the Parliamentary Services on Tuesday. However, the committee considers it necessary to urge the SRG to make a greater commitment to the exchange between the different language regions and cultures within the framework of the existing concession. The Federal Council is also requested to monitor developments and report back to Parliament by the end of 2012.
