RTVA forces French-speaking Swiss TV stations to merge
With the French media group Hersant, a foreign player is also involved in the struggle for license fees and concessions in French-speaking Switzerland.
The fee regulation for regional television
in the new RTVA is already having consequences: The fact that only ten to
twelve television stations are to be licensed, the
The television landscape in French-speaking Switzerland has been set in motion, as the Basler
Newspaper writes. TV Région Lausannoise, Ici TV (Vevey), Canal Nord
Vaudois (Yverdon) and Téléreseau de la Région nyonnaise have joined forces.
with the participation of the large publishing house Edipresse to Vaud TV
to form what is expected to be one of the four French-speaking Swiss
concessions.
But foreign media companies are also getting involved in French-speaking Switzerland:
The French media group Hersant has already acquired a stake in the Geneva-based broadcaster
Léman Bleu and has established a good starting position there for
the second concession in French-speaking Switzerland. Now, according to Hersant
Baz on the lookout for further takeover candidates in the region
Biel-Neuchâtel. Canal Alpha or TeleBielingue are in the sights.
in the new RTVA is already having consequences: The fact that only ten to
twelve television stations are to be licensed, the
The television landscape in French-speaking Switzerland has been set in motion, as the Basler
Newspaper writes. TV Région Lausannoise, Ici TV (Vevey), Canal Nord
Vaudois (Yverdon) and Téléreseau de la Région nyonnaise have joined forces.
with the participation of the large publishing house Edipresse to Vaud TV
to form what is expected to be one of the four French-speaking Swiss
concessions.
But foreign media companies are also getting involved in French-speaking Switzerland:
The French media group Hersant has already acquired a stake in the Geneva-based broadcaster
Léman Bleu and has established a good starting position there for
the second concession in French-speaking Switzerland. Now, according to Hersant
Baz on the lookout for further takeover candidates in the region
Biel-Neuchâtel. Canal Alpha or TeleBielingue are in the sights.
