Awarding licences for satellite distribution
Applications for the satellite distribution licenses do not require prior Announcement of the KRRiT's Chairman, and are not subject to the tender procedure as in the case of terrestrial programs.
During the license 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 license concerned area,
- Applicant's capacity to undertake necessary investments and program 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 satellite broadcasting licenses covering radio or television programs 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.