New TVP1 chief plans major on-screen shake-up for viewers

Yesterday, Maciej Grzywaczewski officially became the director of public television’s first channel (TVP1). He is planning a series of sweeping changes. Well-known journalists as Piotr Gembarowicz, Przemysław Orcholski and Andrzej Kwiatkowski will disappear. It is still uncertain whether they will step down or will be given new responsibilities. There is also going to be a revolution in the TVP supervisory board. President Jan Dworak wants to deprive his deputy Ryszard Pacławski of some powers, including the choice of television directors and the supervision over the first and second channels. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3) A.F.