Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may re­quire Swiss broad­casters to keep re­cord­ings of their pro­gramme ser­vices avail­able so that these re­main per­man­ently con­served for the pub­lic. Broad­casters may be fin­an­cially com­pensated for the res­ult­ing costs.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil de­term­ines which pro­gramme ser­vices must be con­served and reg­u­lates the com­pens­a­tion of broad­casters as well as the de­liv­ery, archiv­ing and avail­ab­il­ity of re­cord­ings. In par­tic­u­lar, it may is­sue tech­nic­al reg­u­la­tions con­cern­ing the nature and format of the data me­dia and des­ig­nate the bod­ies which co­ordin­ate the ne­ces­sary work and se­lect the pro­gramme ser­vices to be con­served.

³ Where the rev­en­ue from the charge for ac­cess­ing the re­cor­ded pro­gramme ser­vices and for their con­tin­ued use is not suf­fi­cient, the ex­pendit­ure of the bod­ies un­der para­graph 2 and the com­pens­a­tion for broad­casters in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 1 is fin­anced from the ra­dio and tele­vi­sion fee.³¹

⁴ In or­der to as­sure the long-term use of the archives, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may take sup­port meas­ures for the con­ser­va­tion of the cor­res­pond­ing play­back equip­ment.