TMT to sue Elektrim for being dropped from Aster City

Troche Mlodsza Telewizja (TMT) will file a motion against Elektrim S.A. in court in the next two weeks. TMT says that cable television provider Aster City, which belongs to the Elektrim group, broke the law by terminating an agreement with TMT on Nov. 23, 1999 when the earliest it could be terminated was July 1, 2000. TMT was replaced on the Aster City line-up by the Cartoon Network. "The Radio and Television Act forces cable operators to introduce domestic programs before foreign ones. Aster City violated the bill and may lose its license," said TMT. The station also blames Aster City for the possible loss of a lucrative contract with a foreign investor amounting to zl. 25 million. Now TMT is only available on Cyfra+, a digital platform belonging to Canal+. TMT will demand zl. 5 million in compensation and will also sue Aster City for not paying bills amounting to zl. 400,000. Elektrim says TMT was not removed from the Aster City line-up, but only moved to another channel and this is very common for cable television operators. (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 1, 11)