Poland

[PL] Withdrawal of Licence granted to Canal+ Polska

IRIS 2001-8:1/26

Hanna Jedras

Dept. of European Integration and International Relations National Broadcasting Council of Poland

On 19 June 2001 the National Broadcasting Council issued a decision to withdraw its licence no. 197/96-T granted to Polska Korporacja Telewizyjna (PKT) for terrestrial transmission.

On 10 May 2001 the Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council of Poland addressed a letter to PKT, a Polish licensee who transmits a television programme under the name of CANAL+ Polska, in which he asked for an explanation concerning the licensee's fulfilment of technical requirements contained in item XII of the aforementioned licence. The terms specified in the item mentioned above oblige the broadcaster to transmit terrestrially its television programme service using defined transmitters located in 9 major Polish cities. Additionally, PKT was requested to indicate the number of subscribers who receive the programme through respective stations. As a result of the data provided by the licensee and regarding the limited number of viewers (about 14.000) the Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council issued a provisional decision on a partial expiry of licence no. 197/96-T within the scope covered in item XII, which was followed by the final withdrawal.