The Finances Media section:
- exercises financial oversight over
- SRG SSR (the Swiss Broadcasting Company),
- licensed private broadcasters and
- the reception fee collection agency Serafe;
- periodically reassesses the amount of the radio and television fee;
- supports financially mountain radio stations, the introduction of new technologies, the Mediapulse foundation (audience studies), and the Swiss Telegraphic Agency, Keystone-ATS;
- collects, analyses and publishes data on the economic situation of private broadcasters;
- advises and supports the Division on all financial matters;
- supports the Office’s International Relations Service on financial matters relating to the ITU (International Telecommunication Union), the UPU (Universal Postal Union) and the media partnership with TV5 Monde;
- responds to internal and external enquiries about the funding of the state-run audiovisual service in Switzerland.
