National Radio and TV Council invites bids for eight new frequencies

The National Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV) has invited existing Polish TV stations to bid for 8 new frequencies, including the most attractive one, in Szczecin. Three TV stations--TVN, TV4 and Telewizja Plus--have chosen to bid for them. At the end of last year, representatives of Canal Plus decided to return some of the frequencies that they had been granted by KRRiTV that were no longer needed, while last year Polsat returned frequencies in Koszalin and Suwalki as well. In total KRRiTV has 12 unused frequencies at its disposal, and the three TV stations are going to bid for eight of them. KRRiTV has not decided yet how the other four frequencies might be used. Perhaps they will be offered to public television in order to enable it to increase the broadcast range of its regional units. (Rzeczpospolita, A4) M. S.-C.