[Roger Darthwell]

I’m not sure of the details but apparently there’s a defence to copyright infringement in Swiss law that allows a cable operator to carry any free to air channel receivable in Switzerland without permission. It’s an odd one and it must be really stretching it to apply it to UK channels.

That defense of copyright infringement does in fact exist, and it's the reason why the ORF, despite trying for years to get their TV channels off Switzerland, always failed in that endeavour.