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On 27 February 2009 the National Broadcasting Council (NBC) announced the opening the application procedure for the first Polish digital multiplex. It is anticipated that there will be bandwidth for seven channels; three of them shall be public: TVP1, TVP2 and TVP3 and the others commercial: TVN, Polsat, TV4, and TV Puls (currently transmitted in analogue terrestrial mode). The commercial broadcasters must apply no later than 14 April 2009. TV Puls had been owned by The Order of Franciscans (60 %) with a minority share (35 %) held by News Corporation. News Corp. bought 25 % of TV Puls in June 2006...

On 22 April 2008, the Polish National Broadcasting Council (NBC), a State regulatory authority in the field of broadcasting, presented its standpoint in reference to the launch of mobile television in the DVB-H standard. This position has been presented within the framework of public consultations announced by the President of the Office of Electronic Communications on the documentation of the tender of frequency reservation for the purpose of launching mobile television. The NBC expressed its support for the envisaged launching of a DVB-H platform, being the subsequent stage of the development...

In February 2008, Poland's largest media group TVN asked the European Commission to examine whether Polish public television TVP S.A. infringes the EC competition rules and benefits from illegal state aid. Due to a dual system of financing of public television, which comprises of licence fees and advertising revenues, the competition on audiovisual market in practice could be distorted because of unjustified weakening of commercial broadcasters. TVN is of the opinion that, in particular, the legal definition of the public remit is not precise enough: TVP S.A. can finance commercial activity as...

On 18 March 2008, the Sejm , the lower chamber of the Parliament, adopted an Act amending the Broadcasting Act and some other Acts. The other legal acts that were subject to amendment are the Telecommunications Law and the Law on Higher Education. The new Act was passed to the Senate and the President of the Republic of Poland on 19 March 2008. The newly adopted Act comprises changes regarding the division of tasks and powers of State regulatory authorities in charge of communications (Office of Electronic Communications - OEC) as well as radio and television broadcasting (National Broadcasting...

In 2007, Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (National Broadcasting Council - KRRiT) announced competitions for the last five free terrestrial television frequencies in Wrocław, Szczecin, Katowice, Nowy Sącz and Leszno. According to the announcement, the competition concerned only broadcasters with a licence for a general (“universal”) programme service. The applications of TVN, TV4, TV Puls and TV Odra were accepted. Just prior to this, in November 2006, TV Puls had filed an application concerning the changes of the terms of its licence as regards the nature of its channel: from a specialised...