Obscene Gladiators cost TV4 zl.200,000 under "harsh" KRRiT ruling

The owners of TV4 have been fined zl.200,000 by the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiT) for including unsuitable scenes in the channel's reality show "Gladiators". Participants were said to have behaved in an obscene manner and to have used foul language. To make things worse, by broadcasting "Gladiators" at 7 pm, TV4 was guilty of breaching regulations protecting children from unsuitable programs. A KRRiT spokesperson explained that the punishment was so harsh because the channel had failed to respond to earlier warnings. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) M.K.