Poland's first DTT multiplex will contain three public TV
channels and four commercial channels – TVN, Polsat, TV4
and TV Plus.
The announcement was made by the President of the Polish
National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) and invites the broadcasters
of the four commercial channels to apply to extend their analogue
broadcasting licences to include digital broadcasting. The
applications must be submitted by 14 April 2009.
The DTT services would first be made available this September in
Warsaw, Zielona Gora, Poznan and Zagan. The analogue broadcasting
of the seven channels will continue in some parts of Poland until
August 2013.
The second multiplex will also carry seven channels, three of
which will be chosen by KRRiT in a competition, one will be a local
service, and three will be selected by the operator of the
multiplex. The operator will be chosen in a tender organised by the
Office of Electronic Communications, which is due to be announced
within the next
