Four cultural associations say an initiative to almost halve the Swiss television and radio licence fee, which will be put to the vote on March 8, would jeopardise Switzerland's cultural diversity and cohesion. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The “CHF200 is enough!” initiative wants to reduce the annual licence fee of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) from CHF335 ($430) to CHF200. Companies would be exempt from the fee. As part of this year's Solothurn Film Days, the associations Cinésuisse, Suisseculture, the Swiss Music Council and IG Volkskultur held a media conference to draw attention to the SBC's "indispensable contribution" to Swiss film and Swiss series. Halving the SBC's financial resources would have far-reaching consequences for culture, media diversity, jobs and social cohesion, the associations wrote in a joint press release on Sunday. "A third of the more than 5,000 jobs in the industry would be affected," Cyril Tissot, Secretary ...
