In Brief: Cyfra+, Wizja TV merger; Huta Katowice losses; Cinema City grows

The merger of digital platforms Cyfra+ and Wizja TV will cost between zl.70 million and zl.90 million. Managing director of Cyfra+, Jakub Brzeczkowski, says the new platform, which already has 700,000 subscribers, has no plans to compete with the cable television networks. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 17) ... In 2001 the net loss incurred by Huta Katowice (HK) steel mill was zl 644 million. For the first time in its 25 years history, HK recorded a loss, of zl.296 million, on sales. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 16) ... Israeli multiplex and IMAX operator Cinema City Poland plans to spend zl.450 million over the next four years on expanding its network to between 15 and 20 cinemas. In May Cinema City will open its fifth multiplex in Poland, in Krakow. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) A.Z.