Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ On ap­plic­a­tion by a broad­caster, OF­COM shall re­quire a tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions ser­vice pro­vider for a spe­cif­ic peri­od to provide broad­cast­ing by wire of a pro­gramme ser­vice with­in a spe­cif­ic area, if:

a.

the pro­gramme ser­vice con­trib­utes to a sig­ni­fic­ant ex­tent to the ful­fil­ment of the man­date un­der the Con­sti­tu­tion; and

b.

broad­cast­ing can reas­on­ably be ex­pec­ted from the tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions ser­vice pro­vider tak­ing ac­count of the avail­able trans­mis­sion ca­pa­cit­ies and its eco­nom­ic ca­pa­city.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil de­term­ines the max­im­um num­ber of pro­gramme ser­vices.

³ OF­COM may with­draw the right pri­or to ex­piry of the de­creed term if the broad­caster no longer provides the ser­vices stated in the de­cision.

^{4The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may ex­tend the trans­mis­sion ob­lig­a­tion to ser­vices which are coupled with ac­cess-en­titled pro­gramme ser­vices.}