TV channel RTL 7 faces closure in the wake of the failure to find a buyer

RTL 7, the television channel transmitted to Poland from Luxembourg via cable and satellite, may be closed down by the end of the year. The channel's owner, international media concern RTL Group, is reported to be considering a number of options, including the complete closure of RTL 7. RTL has, according to Gazeta Wyborcza, been trying to sell the channel since the beginning of this year, but has failed to find a purchaser willing to pay the euro 20 million asking price. Now RTL is trying to sell the operation in pieces. Several companies are rumored to be involved in negotiations. RTL 7 spokesperson Magda Klaczynska commented, "Such discussions, if they are taking place at all, will be held in Luxembourg, at a much higher level than mine." "No comment," said Markus Payer, RTL Group spokesman. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 25) P.W.