UPC to offer Internet access via cable and satellite

United Pan-European Communications, Europe's and Poland's largest cable television operator, will soon provide broad-band Internet access services through its subsidiaries Wizja TV and UPC TK. "Chello" services, as UPC calls them, will be available in certain parts of Warsaw and shortly thereafter in Krakow as well. According to UPC representatives, customers subscribing to UPC TK's version of Chello services will not only be able to watch television, but also surf the Internet and download large video and audio files at the same time. UPC is also gearing up to launch Internet access services on a large scale via satellite for Wizja TV subscribers. In conjunction with the new services on offer, UPC will create a portal aimed at the Polish audience and seek to strike deals with local information providers, such as Radio Plus and Wizja Sport, for the provision of online content. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.23)