Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ A li­cence may be awar­ded if the can­did­ate:

a.

is able to ful­fil the per­form­ance man­date;

b.

cred­ibly demon­strates that it can fin­ance the ne­ces­sary in­vest­ments and op­er­a­tion;

c.

demon­strates to the li­cens­ing au­thor­ity the iden­tity of the ma­jor­ity hold­er of its cap­it­al and who makes sub­stan­tial fin­an­cial re­sources avail­able to it;

d.

guar­an­tees that it com­plies with the em­ploy­ment law reg­u­la­tions and the work­ing con­di­tions of the in­dustry, the ap­plic­able law and in par­tic­u­lar the ob­lig­a­tions and con­di­tions as­so­ci­ated with the li­cence;

e.

sep­ar­ates ed­it­or­i­al activ­ity from eco­nom­ic activ­it­ies;

f.

is a nat­ur­al per­son with res­id­ence in Switzer­land or a leg­al per­son dom­i­ciled in Switzer­land;

g.⁴⁷

...

² In the ab­sence of any in­ter­na­tion­al ob­lig­a­tions to the con­trary, a leg­al per­son con­trolled from abroad, a do­mest­ic leg­al per­son with for­eign par­ti­cip­a­tion or a nat­ur­al per­son without Swiss cit­izen­ship may be re­fused the li­cence if the cor­res­pond­ing for­eign state does not guar­an­tee re­cip­roc­al rights to a sim­il­ar ex­tent.

³ A broad­caster or the un­der­tak­ing to which it be­longs may ac­quire a max­im­um of two tele­vi­sion li­cences and two ra­dio li­cences. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may per­mit ex­cep­tions for the in­tro­duc­tion of new broad­cast­ing tech­no­lo­gies.⁴⁸