Cable provider sued by Eurosport for charging subscribers

SETS airs the channel free of charge, thus accused STK of illegally providing it by charging its customers the subscriber fee. Based on Poland's and international regulations cable firms must have deals with all channel providers. STK did not sign a deal with SETS. The cable company appealed the ruling and is currently awaiting another. "If the Katowice ruling stands there will be more lawsuits like this," said Wieslaw Brzezinski of Nationwide Cable Communication Chamber of Commerce (OIGKK). Currently most cable firms prefer not to pay for free channels and charge the customers noted OIGKK. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 18)