Art. 7

(Art. 7 para. 3 and 24 para. 3 RTVA)

1. The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) shall subtitle its contributions for each linguistic region to the following extent:
   1. in its television programme service: three quarters of the entire broadcasting time for editorial programmes;
   2. on the internet: two thirds of the programming that is only offered on the internet.
2. It shall ensure that the largest possible number of programmes broadcast in the first television programme services between 18.00 and 22.30 are accessible to the visually impaired.
3. It may achieve the numbers in paragraphs 1 and 2 by gradual expansion.
4. SRG SSR must broadcast every day in each official language at least one information programme in sign language.
5. At least one third of television programme services that are offered in terms of Article 25 paragraph 4 RTVA in collaboration between SRG SSR and other broadcasters must be subtitled.
6. Programming for people with sensory disabilities, and the scope of the other services to be provided by SRG SSR, as well as the schedule for implementation, are fixed in an agreement between SRG SSR and the disabled persons associations concerned. If no agreement is reached or if the existing agreement is terminated without being replaced, DETEC shall fix the services to be provided by SRG SSR.
7. Every three years at least, OFCOM shall examine the possibility of increasing the proportion of television programmes adapted for the disabled. If the regulations in force no longer appear to be appropriate, DETEC shall request the Federal Council to amend them.