Austria: ORF and music industry conclude pact
After tough negotiations over the share of Austrian music, the public broadcaster ORF and the music industry have reached an agreement.
The aim is for around 30 percent of the music played on all twelve ORF stations to come from Austria by 2011. This was announced by ORF and the Austrian music industry in a communiqué on Wednesday, according to SDA.
In Switzerland, a charter has been in force for around five years in which the SRG has committed itself to promoting Swiss music in its radio programs. Fixed quotas have been dispensed with, which the Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works (Suisa) now also agrees with. The Swiss Music Charter is "clearly working", explained Suisa media spokesperson Martin Wüthrich when asked by SDA. In German-speaking and western Switzerland in particular, the trend is very positive, while there is "potential for development" in Ticino. The proportion of Swiss music varies greatly - while every second song played on Radio Rumantsch comes from Switzerland, according to Wüthrich, the figure for Rete Tre in Ticino is only eight percent.
In Switzerland, a charter has been in force for around five years in which the SRG has committed itself to promoting Swiss music in its radio programs. Fixed quotas have been dispensed with, which the Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works (Suisa) now also agrees with. The Swiss Music Charter is "clearly working", explained Suisa media spokesperson Martin Wüthrich when asked by SDA. In German-speaking and western Switzerland in particular, the trend is very positive, while there is "potential for development" in Ticino. The proportion of Swiss music varies greatly - while every second song played on Radio Rumantsch comes from Switzerland, according to Wüthrich, the figure for Rete Tre in Ticino is only eight percent.
