Ordinance on Radio and Television (RTVO) (RTVO)
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Chapter 1 Access to Public Events
Art. 68 Scope of the short reporting right with regard to public events
(Art. 72 para. 1 and 2 RTVA) 1 The right to provide a short report on a public event in Switzerland covers a contribution of three minutes at most. The duration of the short report must be commensurate with the event. 2 If a public event extends over a maximum of one day and consists of several parts, the claim to the short reporting right does not relate to each part of the event but to its entirety. If a public event extends over more than 24 hours, there is an entitlement to one daily short report. 3 The short report may be broadcast only after the end of the public event or of the self-contained part of the event.
Art. 69 Direct access to public events
(Art. 72 para. 3 let. a RTVA) 1 Third-party broadcasters which have claimed the right to direct access to a public event must register in advance as follows: a. for scheduled events: at least 10 days before the start of the event; b. for events arranged at short notice and events for which the particular interest of the third-party broadcaster occurs only in the short term due to special circumstances: at the earliest possible time. 2 The organiser of the public event and the broadcaster with first exploitation or exclusive rights shall decide on access at the earliest possible opportunity and in the case of events that come under paragraph 1 letter a at least 5 days before the start of the event. 3 Unless contractual agreements already exist, priority shall be given to those third-party broadcasters which guarantee the greatest possible coverage in Switzerland or which, for example, demonstrate a particular interest in reporting the event on the basis of their performance mandate or a
Art. 69 — Amended by No I of the O of 12 March 2010, in force since 1 Apr. 2010 (AS 2010 965).
Art. 70 Signal delivery for short reporting
(Art. 72 para. 3 let. b RTVA) 1 The organiser of the public event and the broadcaster who holds first exploitation or exclusive rights shall make the signal available to the interested secondary broadcaster without delay on request for the purposes of producing a short report. The request must be made at least 48 hours before the event. 2 The secondary broadcaster must pay the costs arising for access to the signal. These include the technical and personnel costs as well as compensation for additional costs incurred due to the granting of the short reporting right.
Art. 71 Free access to events of major importance to society
(Art. 73 para. 1 RTVA) 1 Free access to an event of major importance to society is guaranteed if in each linguistic region respectively at least 80 per cent of households are able to receive the transmission without additional expenditure. 2 Events of major importance to society must as a rule be made accessible to the public in the form of partial or total live coverage. Deferred partial or total coverage is sufficient if this is in the public interest. 3 If a broadcaster who holds exclusive rights for the transmission of the event is unable to guarantee free access, it must provide the transmission signal to one or more other broadcasters subject to appropriate conditions.
Chapter 2 Promotion of Training, Professional Deve
Art. 72 Training and professional development of programme producers
(Art. 76 RTVA) OFCOM shall promote the training and professional development of programme makers primarily through service agreements with a term of several years with institutions which continuously maintain a range of significant training and professional development services in the field of information journalism for radio and television.
Art. 73 Media research
(Art. 77 RTVA) 1 As a rule, at least half of the revenue from the licence fee must be used to support research projects in the radio and television sector. 2 In particular, support shall be given to scientific research projects whose results provide information on programming, social, economic and technical developments in radio and television and which therefore enable the Administration and industry to respond to these developments. 3 OFCOM decides on the award of contributions to research projects. The contributions are as a rule awarded on the basis of a public invitation to tender; OFCOM may specify key topics and lay down the maximum proportional contribution that may be made to the imputable costs of a research project.
Chapter 3 Foundation for Audience Research
(Art. 78–81 RTVA)
Art. 74
1 The Foundation for Audience Research (the Foundation) as well as the undertakings controlled by it must each year submit an annual report and annual accounts to DETEC by the end of April of the following year. The Foundation’s regulations shall lay down the content and presentation of the report. The Foundation and the undertakings controlled by it are subject to the obligation to provide information in accordance with Article 17 paragraph 1 RTVA. 2 The most important results to be published annually by the Foundation in accordance with Article 79 paragraph 1 RTVA shall include at least: a. the possibilities of receiving radio and television programme services and the use of these possibilities by the population resident in Switzerland; b. the use of licensed and other radio and television programme services which can be received in Switzerland. The usage data must be expressed in penetration, duration of use and market share. The breakdown of usage data into days of the week, progra