Volleyball on the list of events open to the compulsory transmission … – Press Portal

According to the Law on Radio and Television “events of major importance for society”, showing them that stations must broadcast a nationwide open air are: summer and winter Olympic games, semi-finals and finals of the World Cup and European football (matches representation Polish in these events – in this round), other official game of the Polish national football team and matches Polish clubs in the Champions League and the UEFA Cup.

Determination subsequent events that must be freely available to a wide audience, the legislature left the National Council of Radio and Television. The controller twice – in 2012 and 2013 – conducted a public consultation on this issue and prepared a regulation that any day now pass to the European Commission (the content of the document has been pre-agreed with the Commission). As he learned “Presserwis” on the list prepared by the National Broadcasting Council of mandatory events are open transmission semifinals and finals and matches involving the Poles (in the round) World and European Championships in women’s volleyball and men. This is important in the context of starting in Poland on August 30 volleyball World Cup, for which the law has Polsat. As already reported, the station declares that it wants to match the Poles transmit channel open, but makes it from obtaining sponsors. If the regulation already existed NBC, Polsat would not exit – paid model transmission does not fall outside the game. In the current legal situation Polsat can encode the entire championship. The new rules will not come into force because sooner than 15 months. The European Commission Regulation on notification three months. Then it will be published, but will enter into force until 12 months after the announcement, or at the end of 2015. – So long vacatio legis of the recommendation of the European Commission arising out of concern for the protection of acquired rights – says Katarzyna Twardowska, spokeswoman for NBC. The new regulation will change the situation not only in relation to the transmission of volleyball events (except for the obligation to broadcast the open championship will apply also played in Poland professions World League men’s volleyball). The list also included NBC: handball men (semi-finals and finals of the World Cup and Europe and all matches Poles), the World Championships in Nordic skiing, World Cup ski jumping World Cup cross-country ski women’s World Championships in Athletics and Polish tennis matches and tennis players Slam tournaments (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open). The transmission of these events will be able to be carried out in an canal paid only if at the same time it will be shown on the air open or if no broadcaster TV will not want to open such a transmission issue. In the latter provision invoked pay-TV operators, who in 2012 were broadcast on pay-per-view matches the first two Polish players to qualify for the World Cup in 2014. Matches with Montenegro and Moldova (for 20 zł) showed then Cyfrowy Polsat and cable networks: UPC Poland, Poland Multimedia, Vectra, Toya and INEA. (RUT)