KRRiT rejects Polsat request for a license to launch Playboy channel

Private TV station Polsat looks set to lose its battle to launch an erotic channel in cooperation with Playboy, after the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiT) refused to grant it permission. Polsat applied to the KRRiT for a license for the new channel in May. But according to KRRiT chairman Juliusz Braun, "We absolutely did not give our consent." Members of the KRRiT stress that such a channel could be watched by children, even though this is prohibited. (Zycie, p. 8) M.T.