Broadcasters furious as TVP appears to snub digital TV offer

However, all the indicators are that TVP will not join in and instead will create its own separate digital TV network. Polish Operator Network (POT) members, TVN and Polsat, are very critical of TVP while POT president, Wiesław Walendziak, in an interview given to Puls Biznesu accused TVP of exposing TVN and Polsat to higher costs and risking a confrontation with potential aggressive competitors cropping up in the digital TV sector. According to a newly adapted government strategy, all TV networks are obliged to abandon the present analogue system and transmit programs in digital form from 2015. It is argued that thanks to the switch to a digital system, the quality of vision will improve and stations will be able to enhance their program offer as the digital technology allows for better use of limited frequencies. (Puls Biznesu pp. 1, 6) M.G.