Focus On Poland: Pressure on independent media
Despite an improvement in press freedom, Poland’s independent media continues to suffer under the PiS government.
Poland: Proposed law set to boost prominence of controversial public broadcaster
An amendment to the Broadcasting Act’s “must carry, must offer” principle aims to up the prominence of the country’s embattled public broadcaster.
Poland: Anti-foreign media amendment inches closer as TVN24’s licence is suspended
With the suspension of TVN24’s licence and a draft media bill to ban non-European media ownership underway, media pluralism in Poland continues to be threatened.
Poland: Media independence and pluralism under threat from state-backed companies
Growth in ownership by state-backed companies reignites concerns that government is tightening its control over the country’s media.