Züri Plus wants to get to the heart of Tele Züri
HTV AG, operator of the small Zurich regional TV station Züri Plus, has big plans: Together with the media companies Ringier, Südostschweiz, Meier + Cie (Schaffhauser Nachrichten) and the TV marketer Goldbach Media, it is planning a "daily updated Zurich television".
HTV AG, operator of the small Zurich regional TV station Züri Plus, has big plans: Together with the media companies Ringier, Südostschweiz, Meier + Cie (Schaffhauser Nachrichten) and the TV marketer Goldbach Media, it is planning a "daily updated Zurich television".
To this end, the five unequal partners want to compete against the Tamedia broadcaster Tele Züri in the upcoming concession tender. The quintet of companies is already in the process of preparing a corresponding license application with a performance mandate and fee share for the new Zurich TV coverage area (including Schaffhausen and Glarus). This is clear from the statement that HTV sent to the Federal Office of Communications as part of the consultation process for the new TV coverage areas. To ensure that the plan is not simply dismissed as a bluff by the small regional broadcaster, the HTV letter also includes an explanation. According to this, the TV subsidiaries of the three media companies involved and HTV intend to establish a joint company in Wallisellen. The document is signed by Fibo Deutsch, Managing Director of Ringier TV, Südostschweiz CEO Hanspeter Lebrument, Norbert Neininger, publisher of Schaffhauser Nachrichten, Goldbach CEO Klaus Kappeler and HTV Managing Director Peter Steinmann. Although the HTV station Züri Plus has a license for the entire canton of Zurich until the end of 2008, it can currently only be received in analogue in 12 communities in the Glattal after being kicked out of the Cablecom network.
Markus Knöpfli
To this end, the five unequal partners want to compete against the Tamedia broadcaster Tele Züri in the upcoming concession tender. The quintet of companies is already in the process of preparing a corresponding license application with a performance mandate and fee share for the new Zurich TV coverage area (including Schaffhausen and Glarus). This is clear from the statement that HTV sent to the Federal Office of Communications as part of the consultation process for the new TV coverage areas. To ensure that the plan is not simply dismissed as a bluff by the small regional broadcaster, the HTV letter also includes an explanation. According to this, the TV subsidiaries of the three media companies involved and HTV intend to establish a joint company in Wallisellen. The document is signed by Fibo Deutsch, Managing Director of Ringier TV, Südostschweiz CEO Hanspeter Lebrument, Norbert Neininger, publisher of Schaffhauser Nachrichten, Goldbach CEO Klaus Kappeler and HTV Managing Director Peter Steinmann. Although the HTV station Züri Plus has a license for the entire canton of Zurich until the end of 2008, it can currently only be received in analogue in 12 communities in the Glattal after being kicked out of the Cablecom network.
Markus Knöpfli
