Poland

[PL] Frequency Reservation with a View to Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting

IRIS 2006-1:1/35

Małgorzata Pęk

National Broadcasting Council of Poland

On 7 September 2005 the National Broadcasting Council (NBC) adopted a regulation on the procedure for announcing the competition on frequency reservation with a view to digital terrestrial broadcasting or retransmission of radio or television programme services. The regulation came into force 14 days after its announcement in the Official Journal.

This regulation was issued on the basis of article 121 of the Telecommunications Law of 16 July 2004, that transposed the EC electronic communications regulatory package into national law.

The Regulation specifies: 1) the procedure of announcing the aforementioned competition, 2) detailed requirements referring to the content of the announcement and referring to the relevant documentation, 3) conditions and procedure of the organization, the carrying out and the closing of the competition, being motivated by the need to provide the competition conditions which are objective, transparent and do not discriminate against any of the competition participants, as well as clear decision making conditions.

Following this, on 15 November 2005 NBC has started the consultation process referring to the first two draft announcements on the commencement of the competition on frequency reservation with a view to digital terrestrial broadcasting or retransmission of radio or television programme services in the DVB-T standard. Contributions could be sent until 10December 2005.

On 22 November 2005 NBC has begun a consultation process referring to new licenses for digital terrestrial broadcasting of radio or television programme services through feeding in a terrestrial multiplex platform. Contributions could be sent until 15 December 2005.