Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ If, after ob­tain­ing the Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion’s re­port, DE­TEC as­cer­tains that a broad­caster or an­oth­er un­der­tak­ing act­ive in the ra­dio and tele­vi­sion mar­ket has jeop­ard­ised di­versity of opin­ion and pro­gram­ming as a res­ult of its ab­use of its dom­in­ant po­s­i­tion, it may take meas­ures in the area of ra­dio and tele­vi­sion. As a rule, it takes a de­cision with­in three months of re­ceipt of the re­port.

² It may de­mand that the broad­caster or the un­der­tak­ing con­cerned:

a.

en­sures di­versity by meas­ures such as grant­ing broad­cast­ing time for third parties or co­oper­at­ing with oth­er par­ti­cipants in the mar­ket;

b.

takes meas­ures against cor­por­ate journ­al­ism, such as is­su­ing ed­it­or­i­al stat­utes to en­sure ed­it­or­i­al free­dom;

c.

should such meas­ures prove to be clearly in­ad­equate, ad­apts the busi­ness and or­gan­isa­tion­al struc­ture of the un­der­tak­ing.