{"id":7115,"date":"2025-11-18T11:08:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/?p=7115"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:33:38","slug":"bundesgericht-bestaetigt-rechtsprechung-zu-exklusiven-pay-tv-uebertragungsrechten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/en\/news-insights\/bundesgericht-bestaetigt-rechtsprechung-zu-exklusiven-pay-tv-uebertragungsrechten\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Supreme Court confirms Case Law on exclusive Pay-TV Broadcasting Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7115\" class=\"elementor elementor-7115\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e192929 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"43072\" data-id=\"5e192929\" 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data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"528\"><strong>In its ruling of 24 September 2025 (2C_683\/2023), the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (BGer) upheld the sanctioning of Sunrise\/UPC for denying access to ice hockey broadcasts on Pay-TV. Rights holders of exclusive content would be well advised to review their own offer and licensing practices in this context.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"755\"><strong data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"547\">Background<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"755\">UPC Switzerland (part of Sunrise since 2021) secured exclusive broadcasting rights for the top Swiss ice hockey leagues starting from the 2017\/18 season, which it aired via its sports channel <em data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"752\">MySports<\/em>.<\/p><p data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"1148\">In 2017, Swisscom filed a complaint with the Swiss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weko.admin.ch\/weko\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Competition Commission (COMCO)<\/a> because UPC Switzerland refused to provide a distribution offer for the Swiss ice hockey broadcasts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weko.admin.ch\/weko\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COMCO<\/a> found an abuse of a dominant market position and imposed a sanction of over CHF 29 million in 2020, largely upheld by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bvger.ch\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Administrative Court<\/a>. Sunrise\/UPC appealed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bger.ch\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Supreme Court<\/a> (link in German only).<\/p><p data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1727\"><strong data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1171\">The BGer Ruling<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1727\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bger.ch\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Federal Supreme Court<\/a> (link in German only) considers UPC Switzerland\u2019s delayed granting of access to the exclusive ice hockey broadcasting rights as an unlawful refusal to do business under Article 7(2)(a) of the Cartel Act. From its perspective, a basic offer of Swiss ice hockey broadcasts was objectively necessary during the investigation period to compete effectively in the TV platform market. Justifications (so-called &#171;Legitimate Business Reasons&#187;), including the claimed protection of investments, were not recognized. The appeal was therefore fully rejected.<\/p><p data-start=\"1729\" data-end=\"1958\"><strong data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"1745\">Assessment<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"1729\" data-end=\"1958\">With this ruling, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bger.ch\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BGer<\/a> (link in German only) confirms its case law on the exploitation of exclusive rights, following the precedent set by <em data-start=\"1869\" data-end=\"1886\">Sport in Pay-TV<\/em>. It underscores the importance of exclusive content for TV offerings.<\/p><p data-start=\"1960\" data-end=\"2323\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bger.ch\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BGer<\/a> (link in German only) case law potentially affects all holders of exclusive broadcasting rights where such content could be decisive for end consumers in choosing a TV platform. While the <em data-start=\"2136\" data-end=\"2153\">Sport in Pay-TV<\/em> and <em data-start=\"2158\" data-end=\"2180\">Ice Hockey in Pay-TV<\/em> rulings specifically concern sports content, this practice may also apply to other types of content (e.g., live shows, series, films, etc.).<\/p><p data-start=\"2325\" data-end=\"2530\">Rights holders are therefore expected to provide their exclusive content in a non-discriminatory and timely manner (e.g., via sublicenses). A prior or timely review of licensing practices is recommended.<\/p><p data-start=\"2532\" data-end=\"2739\">The ruling is available <a href=\"https:\/\/search.bger.ch\/ext\/eurospider\/live\/de\/php\/aza\/http\/index.php?highlight_docid=aza:\/\/24-09-2025-2C_683-2023&amp;lang=de&amp;zoom=&amp;type=show_document\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (in German only).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0b3fb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0b3fb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CORE Attorneys is a boutique law firm in Switzerland, focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/en\/expertise\/wettbewerbsrecht\/\">competition\/antitrust law<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/en\/expertise\/regulierung\/\">regulatory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/en\/expertise\/vertriebsrecht\/\">distribution law<\/a> matters. 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