TV4 losing concession under strange circumstances

Therefore there is going to be a new tender organized for its frequency. Interested stations include TVN, TV Puls (whose minority shareholder, News Corp., is known for aggressive fighting on the market as well as good political contacts), Silvio Berlusconi and Bertlesmann Media. The matter is rather odd because the concession is expiring after 8 years while, according to the law when it was granted, it should last 10 years. Moreover, TV4 could have benefited from recent legal changes, according to which the station, as the current concession holder, would have had it renewed almost automatically, if it had applied for such a renewal. TV4 did not, since it was not informed that it could have. The National Broadcasting Council (KRRiTV) could have informed TV4 on time about the possibility, but it did not. Other industry peers consider the matter ambiguous. (Puls Biznesu, p.9) J.L.