Awarding licences for distribution via telecommunication networks
Applications for licenses authorising distribution via telecommunication networks other than those used for terrestrial broadcast or satellite broadcast, do not require prior Announcement by the KRRiT’s Chairman, and are not subject to the tender procedure as in the case of terrestrial programmes.
During the licence awarding procedure (pursuant to Art. 36 section 1 of the Act on radio and television broadcasting), in particular the following is evaluated:
- the degree of conformity of the intended programming activity with the tasks specified in Art. 1 section 1 of the Act (information delivery, making available of the cultural assets and art, facilitating the access to education and scientific achievements, dissemination of citizenship education, providing entertainment, promoting the national audio-visual creation), as well as the extent to which those tasks are covered by other broadcasters operating on the licence concerned area,
- applicant’s capacity to undertake necessary investments and programme funding,
- the estimated proportion in the programming of shows produced by the broadcaster or ordered by it or coproduced with other broadcasters,
- the estimated proportion in the television programming of shows referred to in Art. 15 sections 1 and 3 (shows initially produced in Polish language and European shows), or of works referred to in Art. 15 section 2 (music & lyrical works performed in Polish language) in the radio and television programming,
- history of observing the radio communication and mass media regulations up to the present moment.
Applications for licenses authorising the broadcast of radio or television programmes via telecommunication networks other than those used for terrestrial broadcast or satellite broadcast, should be submitted on forms available on the KRRiT’s website (Forms – click to go to) and in the KRRiT’s offices in Warsaw at Skwer Kardynała Wyszyńskiego 9. The applications may be sent by mail or delivered to the KRRiT’s mail room no. 11. The applications should be in two copies.
A fee is collected for the licence awardas specified in Art. 40 section 3 items3 and 4 of the Act on radio and television broadcasting, in the amount of PLN 500 for a radio programme and PLN2,000 for a television programme.
Information on the applications and pending procedures can be obtained under: +48 22 597 30 98 – Ms. Agnieszka Sobocińska.