ABW report claims TVP placed Rywin's film company above the rest

Polish Television (TVP) has clearly favored Rywin's Heritage Films (HF) during the five years of Robert Kwiatkowski's reign as president of the broadcaster, reads an Internal Security Agency (ABW) report prepared for the Sejm Rywin Commission. The money spent between 1998-2003 on joint production with HF amounted to zł. 25 million, approximately the sum involved in cooperation with 37 other producers. Furthermore, TVP had no practical control over the Rywin's actions. "It is clear after reading the report that Lew Rywin was deeply grateful to Robert Kwiatkowski and the TVP management," Commission member Jan Rokita told Rzeczpospolita, adding this "indebtedness" could have been repaid by making Agora the alleged infamous proposal. "It is a very important report, but I would at least wait for the results of the prosecutor's inquiry regarding the matter, and only then come back to the issue. One thing is clear, the common film productions of TVP and Mr Rywin's company could have been loaded with certain wrongs,".concluded Rokita. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A2, A3) M.K.