SRG Region Basel: Group founded to safeguard the Basel site
SRG Region Basel is publicly voicing concerns about the future of its Basel location. A seven-member working group from Baselland and Basel-Stadt aims to make a «constructive contribution to preserving and securing the long-term future of SRG’s media hub in Basel.».
The SRG Region Basel is publicly fearing for the SRG media location Basel. A seven-member working group from Baselland and Basel-Stadt wants to make a "constructive contribution to the preservation and long-term safeguarding of the SRG media location Basel", as the Basler Zeitung reported on Tuesday. The campaign was orchestrated by Niggi Ullrich, Cultural Commissioner for Basel-Landschaft and President of SRG Region Basel. He is supported by the cantonal "media experts" Samuel Hess and Michael Bammatter as well as the bi-cantonal Chamber of Commerce President Andreas Burckhardt, among others.60,000 francs, the group wants to present a dossier in the fall that offers "a sound basis for media policy discussion", the Basler Zeitung continues. The starting point is the SRG's vague plans for media convergence, according to which the SRG's television and radio stations are to be largely merged in Zurich (see
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