Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ Ex­ist­ing li­cences for the re­trans­mis­sion by wire of ra­dio and tele­vi­sion pro­gramme ser­vices in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 39 RTVA 1991¹³⁰ (wire li­cences) re­tain their valid­ity un­til their own­er ob­tains a tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions ser­vices li­cence in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 4 ff. TCA¹³¹, but at the latest up to two years after the com­mence­ment of this Act.

² Wire li­cences con­tin­ue to be sub­ject to:

a.

Art­icle 42 para­graphs 2–4 RTVA 1991;

b.

Art­icle 47 para­graph 1 RTVA 1991 con­cern­ing the trans­mis­sion of pro­gramme ser­vices of oth­er broad­casters whose li­cence has been ex­ten­ded in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 107 of this Act.

³ The ob­lig­a­tions of a wire li­censee in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 2 end as soon as trans­mis­sion by wire of the pro­gramme ser­vices covered therein (in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 59 and 60) in their area of op­er­a­tion is cla­ri­fied with leg­al force, but at the latest after five years.