(Art. 55 para. 3, 59 para. 6 and 60 para. 4 RTVA)
- If a telecommunications service provider broadcasts an access-entitled programme service, the following coupled services provided by the broadcaster must also be broadcast:
- narrowband data transmission in text and image;
- multiple sound channels;
- control signal for the analogue or digital recording option;
- 1 services for people with sensory disabilities as defined in Article 7 paragraphs 3 and 4 and 24 paragraph 3 RTVA;
- additional information for radio accompanying the programme service;
- Dolby Digital;
- information for the electronic programme guide.
- If a telecommunications service provider broadcasts a non-access-entitled programme service, the coupled services for the people with sensory disabilities as defined in Article 7 paragraph 3 and 24 paragraph 3 RTVA must also be broadcast.
- DETEC may issue technical regulations and exempt certain technologies from the broadcasting obligation for coupled services.