UKE to act on Geneva digital frequencies conference

The latter will create from 32 to 56 nationwide TV channels instead of the existing seven. The currently operating nationwide TV stations will have to cover the significant costs of the conversion. Competition, which were held back due to lack of frequencies, will now flourish. These might be the reasons why Polish TV stations are not enthusiastic about the conversion. They also accuse the government of delays in the process due to political conflicts in the National Radio and TV Council (KRRiTV), which was finally won by Law and Justice, but at the expense of suspension of the analog-digital conversion processes. The Office of Electronic Communication (UKE) hopes to kickstart the conversion now that the Geneva conference has set the frequency allocation scheme. The first meeting of UKE and KRRiTV has ben scheduled for July 12. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) J.L.