Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ Li­cences for ra­dio and tele­vi­sion pro­gramme ser­vices which have been awar­ded on the basis of the Fed­er­al Act of 21 June 1991¹¹⁷ on Ra­dio and Tele­vi­sion (RTVA 1991) con­tin­ue to be val­id sub­ject to para­graph 2 un­til their ex­piry un­less broad­casters ex­pressly de­clare that they do not wish to make use of them.

² Fol­low­ing the com­mence­ment this Act, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may can­cel the li­cences of SRG SSR, swiss­info/SRI, Tele­text AG and of those broad­casters which broad­cast their pro­gramme ser­vices in co­oper­a­tion with the SRG SSR in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 31 para­graph 3 RTVA 1991 at the end of any cal­en­dar year, sub­ject to nine months’ no­tice.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may ex­tend the li­cences of SRG SSR and of swiss­info/SRI which have been gran­ted on the basis of the RTVA 1991 by a max­im­um of five years from the com­mence­ment of this Act.

⁴ DE­TEC may ex­tend oth­er li­cences awar­ded on the basis of the RTVA 1991 by a max­im­um of five years from the com­mence­ment of this Act. A right of can­cel­la­tion may be provided for in the ex­ten­ded li­cences.

⁵ If the li­cences of SRG SSR or of swiss­info/SRI con­tin­ue to ap­ply or if they are ex­ten­ded, Art­icles 22 and 25 para­graphs 5 and 6 ap­ply, mu­tatis mutandis.

⁶ The pro­vi­sions of Art­icle 22 and Art­icles 44-50 re­gard­ing oth­er li­cences with a per­form­ance man­date which con­tin­ue to be val­id or which have been ex­ten­ded ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis.