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As required under Article 12 of the Polish Broadcasting Act, by the end of May in each calendar year, the national regulator – the National Broadcasting Council (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji – KRRiT) – submits to the lower house of parliament (Sejm), the senate and the President of the Republic an annual report on its activities in the preceding calendar year and information on key issues concerning radio and television broadcasting. The report on KRRiT’s 2025 activities is divided into eight sections corresponding to particular responsibilities and tasks imposed...

The Circuit Court in Warsaw, Commercial Court, in its judgment of 27 March 2026 set aside in its entirety the decision of the former Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT), Maciej Świrski, of 4 March 2024. This decision had found a violation by the Company TVN SA of the provisions of the Broadcasting Act and imposed a financial penalty of PLN 550 000 on the broadcaster. This was the highest administrative penalty in the history of Polish media. In the opinion of KRRiT, the broadcaster had transmitted a programme promoting content contrary to the law and societal interest, offending...

On 26 February 2026, the Polish the National Broadcasting Council (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji – KRRiT) held a conference entitled “Influencers 2026 – responsibility in the light of Internet coverage”. The subject discussed was the liability of nearly 800 000 digital content creators operating in Poland, who are significant participants in the media market. The first thematic panel featured experts in the Internet industry, creators and organisations dealing with fact-checking and media education. The second part of the conference concerned regulatory challenges...

On 20 January 2026, the Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (National Broadcasting Council – KRRiT) published a report entitled “No editing, no procedure, no balance. Monitoring of the current affairs programmes of TVP S.A. (in liquidation)”, which examined TVP S.A. in the context of the statutory requirement for public media to ensure pluralism, impartiality, balance and independence (Article 21(1) of the Radio and Television Act of 29 December 1992). The report aims to verify whether the current affairs programming of the aforementioned public television station meets the...

Due to the obligation to implement Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (Official Journal of the EU L 130 of 17.05.2019, p. 92) (the DSM Directive), there has been a need to amend the Polish Copyright and Related Rights Act of 4 February 1994 (Dz.U.2022.2509 consolidated text of 6 December 2022 – the Act). The amendment to the Act, from 26 July 2024 (Journal of Laws 2024, item 1254) entered into force, with few exceptions, on 20 September...