The WSA repealed on Wednesday the decision of the National Broadcasting Council of 21 June 2024 by which tv Republic and in Poland24 were given a seat on the MUX-8 multiplex. The conviction is not final. To challenge the decision of the WSA to the ultimate Administrative Court is 30 days from the date of service of the copy of the judgment with justification.
The president of PiS was asked about the decision of the WSA during the Wednesday press conference. According to Jarosław Kaczyński, "to destruct democracy in an apparent way, even without any pretending".
As he said, the current power is "so primitive, so clumsy, at the same time so absolutely subordinate to abroad interests that it is ready for anything." According to him, the problem is "covering power by the media system".
Concession for tv Republic. Complaint of the participants went to court
The competition for free seats at MUX-8, which took place in June 2024, resulting in the National Broadcasting and Broadcasting Council granting concessions to tv Republika and Poland24 channels, met with criticism of the participants of the competition. The MWE Networks Group, which hoped to get the concession, brought a complaint against the decision of the KRRiT, stressing that ‘the decision may have been taken contrary to the principles of equal treatment and impartiality’ “ As quoted by Karol Ward, vice president of the IWE Group, the manufacture portal Virtual Media.
The case yet went to the WSA in Warsaw. On 9 April, the administrative court issued a ruling. He responded to the complaint and decided that National Broadcasting Council is obliged to re-competitionand Polish Free Media will be reimbursed for the costs of legal proceedings.
The referee stressed that "both right-wing stations did not show unchangeable finances to pay the costly concession, and the procedure was done without procedures".
