CH - Switzerland
The country pages are currently in the process of being modified. The full update will be completed by June 2024.
This page includes links to the European Audiovisual Observatory’s databases and to reports in which Switzerland is prominently featured, as well as links to national public authorities and other organisations relevant to the audiovisual sector. Indicative translations of the names of linked organisations are given for reference.
Resources from the Observatory databases
Legal resources
European works table: Rules pertaining to European works in Switzerland
Public service media table: Rules pertaining to the public service media in Switzerland
Merlin database: Newsletter articles featuring Switzerland
Market resources
MAVISE database: MAVISE data for Switzerland
LUMIERE VOD: LUMIERE VOD data for Switzerland
This page includes links to national public authorities and other organisations where useful information and resources relevant to the audiovisual sector can be found. Indicative translations of the names of linked organisations are given for reference.
Main Public Institutions and Bodies
- Assemblée fédérale / Bundesversammlung / Assemblea Federale - Federal Assembly - the Swiss Parliament
- Conseil fédéral/Bundesrat / Consiglio Federal / Cussegl federal - Federal Council
- Chancellerie fédérale / Cancelleria federale / Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei - Federal Chancellerey
- Département fédéral de l'intérieur / Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern / Dipartimento federale dell'interno - Federal Department of Home Affairs
- Office fédéral de la culture / Bundesamt für Kultur / Ufficio federale della cultura - Federal Office of Culture
- Tribunal fédéral / Bundesgericht / Tribunale federale / Tribunal federal - Federal Supreme Court
- Tribunal pénal féderal /Bundesstrafgericht / Tribunale penale federale / Tribunal penal federal - Federal Criminal Court
- Tribunal administratif fédéral / Bundesverwaltungsgericht / Tribunale amministrativo federale / Tribunal administrativ federal - Federal Administrative Court
- Tribunal fédéral des brevets / Bundespatentgericht / Tribunale federale dei brevetti / Tribunal federal da patentas - Federal Patent Court
Official Publishing and Statistical Organisations
- Droit fédéral / Bundesrechts / Diritto federale - Electronic Collection of Federal Law
- Bulletin Officiel / Amtliches Bulletin / Bollettino ufficiale - Official Gazette
- Office fédéral de la statistique / Bundesamt für Statistik / Ufficio federale di statistica - Federal Statistical Office
Regulatory Authorities for Audiovisual and Communication Sectors
- Office Fédéral de la Communication / Bundesamt für Kommunikation / Ufficio federale delle comunicazioni - Federal Office of Communications
- Autorité indépendante d'examen des plaintes en matière de radio-télévision / Unabhängige Beschwerdeinstanz für Radio und Fernsehen / Autorità indipendente di ricorso in materia radiotelevisiva - Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television
Competition Authority
- Commission de la Concurrence / Wettbewerbskommission / Commissione della concorrenza - Competition Commission
Data Protection Authority
- Préposé fédéral à la protection des données et à la transparenceEidgenössischer / Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter / Incaricato federale della protezione dei dati e della trasparenza - Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner
Self and Co-regulatory Bodies
- Commission Suisse pour la Loyauté / Schweizerische Lauterkeitskommission - Swiss Commission for Fairness in Advertising
- Conseil suisse de la presse / Schweizer Presserat / Consiglio svizzero della stampa - Press Council
Copyright and Intellectual Property Offices
- Institut Fédéral de la Propriété Intellectuelle / Eidgenössische Institut für Geistiges Eigentum / Istituto Federale della Proprietà Intellettual - Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Copyright Collecting Societies
- ProLitteris - Copyright Collecting Society for Literature and Visual Arts
- Société Suisse des Auteurs (SSA) - Collecting Society for Audiovisual and Performing Arts
- Suisa - Cooperative Society of Music Authors and Publishers
- SUISSIMAGE - Authors' Rights Cooperative for Audiovisual Works
- SWISSPERFORM - Copyright Collecting Society for Neighbouring Rights
- Swisscopyright - Portal of the Swiss Collecting Societies
Film Institutions
- Office fédéral de la culture , Section du Cinema / Bundesamt für Kultur , Sektion Film / Ufficio federale della cultura , Sezione cinema - Film Department of the Federal Office of Culture
- Cinemathèque Suisse - National Film Archive
- Media Desk Suisse - Desk of the MEDIA programme
Television and On-demand Audiovisual Services
For a list of television and on-demand audiovisual services in Switzerland search the MAVISE database
Archives de la Radio Télévision Suisse - Archives of the Public Service Broadcaster of the French-speaking Part of Switzerland
Organe suisse de perception des redevances de réception des programmes de radio et de télévision / Schweizerische Erhebungsstelle für Radio- und Fernsehempfangsgebühren / Ufficio svizzero di riscossione dei canoni radiotelevisivi - Organisation in charge of TV Licence Fee Collection
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