In brief: Vivendi-Elektrim; TV Puls; Optimus lays off; sugar bill in Sejm
The District Court in Warsaw dismissed a motion by Vivendi Universal to
block the possibility of selling and pledging telecommunication assets
belonging to Elektrim, which are a matter of arbitrage litigation in London.
These assets include rights of majority stakeholder of companies that own
Aster City Cable, as well as ET, Carcom and Elektrim Autoinvest
(Rzeczpospolita, p.B2)...National Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV) has
refused to allow TV NiepokalanŃw to increase its commercial time limit to
15%. It also suspended the proceedings transforming TV NiepokalanŃw into TV
Puls. KRRiTV agreed, however to grant new TV NiepokalanŃw 2 with a satellite
franchise (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.27)... One of the biggest domestic IT
companies Nowy Sâcz-based Optimus intends to sack some 260 of its 760
workers, Puls Biznesu has unofficially learned. (Puls Biznesu, p.6)...The
Sejm will discuss a draft of the widely criticized sugar market regulation
bill today. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B2) M.K.
