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Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Federal Council has accepted a parliamentary commission’s proposal that the television and radio licence fee be extended to include virtually everyone and not just owners of TV sets and radios. The council has asked Parliament to prepare a bill for consideration. Current federal broadcasting legislation will need to be revised as well.
The commission notes that mobile phones and personal computers are also used to receive radio and television broadcasts. It argues that the related administrative costs involved in billing and hunting down freeloaders are now too high.
The Federal Council says that if a greater number of businesses were charged licence fees the annual fee might be cut.
