Study: SRG online portals largely compliant with the license
The SRG’s online portals largely comply with the requirements set forth in their radio and television licenses. This is the conclusion reached by researchers at the University of Zurich, who analyzed 2,000 websites and 500 links selected at random.
According to the concession, the content and links on the SRG portals must have a direct chronological and thematic link to the radio and television programs. In 90 percent of the cases analyzed, the online portals of Swiss television, Swiss radio and the TV channels of French-, Italian- and Romansh-speaking Switzerland complied with these requirements, according to the study published on Tuesday on behalf of the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM).
More than two thirds of the offerings were even classified as clearly compliant with the license. In ten percent of cases, however, it was not clear whether the conditions had been complied with because it could not be proven whether or not the content was program-related. Bakom writes that interactive websites should be assessed critically. In the case of blogs, for example, it was not possible to prove the broadcasting reference required in the license.
More than two thirds of the offerings were even classified as clearly compliant with the license. In ten percent of cases, however, it was not clear whether the conditions had been complied with because it could not be proven whether or not the content was program-related. Bakom writes that interactive websites should be assessed critically. In the case of blogs, for example, it was not possible to prove the broadcasting reference required in the license.
