Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ Broad­casters which hold a fee-shar­ing li­cence must ful­fil the per­form­ance man­date defined in the li­cence. In or­der to en­sure the ful­fil­ment of the per­form­ance man­date and of in­de­pend­ent pro­gramme pro­duc­tion, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may im­pose oth­er ob­lig­a­tions. In par­tic­u­lar, it may ob­lige the broad­casters to pro­duce a mis­sion state­ment and ed­it­or­i­al stat­utes.

² Broad­casters with a fee-shar­ing li­cence must use the fin­an­cial re­sources eco­nom­ic­ally and in ac­cord­ance with the reg­u­la­tions. Dis­tri­bu­tion of profits is not per­mit­ted. Broad­cast­ing of the fee-sup­por­ted pro­gramme ser­vice must be sep­ar­ated in the ac­counts from any oth­er eco­nom­ic activ­it­ies car­ried out by the li­censee. If an un­der­tak­ing which is eco­nom­ic­ally con­trolled by the li­censee car­ries out activ­it­ies in con­nec­tion with the pro­gramme ser­vice, the li­censee shall en­sure that these activ­it­ies are kept sep­ar­ate in the ac­counts from oth­er activ­it­ies.⁴⁶

³ Co­oper­a­tion with oth­er broad­casters must not jeop­ard­ise the ful­fil­ment of the per­form­ance man­date or the in­de­pend­ence of pro­gramme pro­duc­tion.