TP postpones launch of interactive TV service

Over the last few months TP widely publicized its plans to launch interactive TV and video services available to Neostrada broadband internet access subscribers. The project was said to be technologically advanced and its launch was initially scheduled for the spring. As recently as November, TP president Marek Józefiak, confirmed the plans to launch the service around the end of Q1 2005 in the Warsaw and Wrocław areas. Now, TP representatives see things differently. "We plan to launch the services by the end of the year," said Barbara Górska, TP spokeswoman. "For now, interactive TV is present only in our central development office and in some presentations. It will take quite a lot of time before it will be available elsewhere," said one of TP's employees. It is rumored that reasons behind the postponement were the lowering of TP's investment budget, lack of a technology supplier and organizational changes in the company. (Puls Biznesu, p. 1,6) DW