TeleBasel gets Café Bâle

The popular comedy series will be broadcast after the Sunday first show and will be shown for the first time on TeleBasel from Monday, March 13 at 6.05 pm. This makes TeleBasel the fourth local channel to include the comedy series in its program. It can already be seen - alongside SF 2 (Presse TV) and Sfinfo - on TeleTop, Tele Südostschweiz and Tele Schaffhausen. TeleBasel is delighted with the new broadcasting vehicle. According to a press release, managing director Willy Surbeck expects it to have a signal effect. Firstly, the Basel punchlines in Café Bâle are to be retained. And secondly, it should strengthen Basel as a TV production location. What is certain is that TeleBasel has gained an advantage over its Basel private TV competitor NW1 with the inclusion of Café Bâle. NW1 was also interested in broadcasting Café Bâle after Allcom Productions offered the program to the local Basel station. However, Basler Zeitung, the rights holder of the comedy series, blocked the deal. NW1 shareholder and founder of Radio Basilisk Christian Heeb sold Radio Basilisk to Tamedia in June 2002, despite interest from Basler Zeitung.