Private TV stations had to switch to DVB-T2 in 2022, while TVP was allowed to stick to the old standard (DVB-T) until the end of 2023. The Electronic Communications Office (UKE) used the switchover to the new digital terrestrial television standard (DVB-T2) – which required some consumers to replace their TV sets or buy new set-top boxes – as an opportunity. The government supported TVP by effectively undercutting its competitors’ reach and creating uncertainties around their business. In December, Poland’s largest opposition party, the centrist Civic Platform (PO), submitted a bill that would abolish the public broadcaster news channel, TVP Info, which PO says has become a ‘propaganda’ outlet for the national-conservative ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party. TVP is widely criticised for its skewed, pro-government news coverage, with its trust scores amongst the lowest in our survey. PSB TVP had no reason to complain as parliament increased the annual grant for public service broadcasting from 2 billion (€425m) to 2.7 billion zloty (€576.6m). Almost half of the 128 million zloty (€27.5m) spent in magazines in 2021 went to government-friendly opinion weeklies, while total ad spending by government ministries and agencies increased by 40% compared with 2020. However, even small-scale media sympathetic to the government could count on steady streams of cash from state enterprises. Motor-Presse Polska, the publisher of magazines such as Men's Health, Women's Health, and Runner's World, filed for bankruptcy. 1Smaller legacy outlets had to shut down their business. In 2022, for the second year in a row, no show crossed the 5 million viewer threshold, compared with 2020, when there were six such shows, and 32 shows in 2019.Īs people gravitated towards entertainment, France’s Canal+ bought a 70% stake in SPI International, the owner of several TV channels and the new streaming platform Dizi. Big broadcasters saw their audience shrinking, faced with competition from all the major streaming players in Poland. Television, which is usually less vulnerable to the cyclical changes of the advertising market, had to face another problem. Many publications were discontinued or shrunk, with Burda closing down 20 magazines, and Axel Springer terminating the print version of Auto Świat magazine and reducing the number of editions of the sports daily Przegląd Sporotwy to two a week. Ringier Axel Springer Poland, Agora, Burda Media Poland, and Bauer all laid off hundreds of employees. Publishers responded by raising cover prices, laying off staff, and closing titles. Print media suffered as costs of paper skyrocketed and advertisers cut spending. The initial spike in news consumption caused by the war in Ukraine waned, and newsrooms had to face the harsh reality. Combined with the post-pandemic headwinds and government pressure, this has deepened the long-standing crisis in independent news outlets. The EBU’s Russian Members were suspended from the Union in May 2022.Frightening headlines about Ukraine and the worsening economic climate have led Poles to avoid news and instead turn to entertainment. The EBU’s Belarusian Member was suspended from the Union in May 2021. Members also enjoy all the benefits of EBU membership including participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, access to know-how, networking, training from the EBU Academy, and access to the News Exchange and Sports acquisitions if they contribute to these services. They are encouraged to participate in EBU Committees and Assemblies and nominate candidates for EBU bodies such as the Sports Committee, News Committee, Legal & Policy Committee, Television Committee, Radio Committee and Technical Committee. They are entitled to vote at the EBU's General Assembly and in EBU elections. Members guide the EBU's direction in a number of ways. Membership is for broadcasting organizations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area, as defined by the International Telecommunication Union, or are members of the Council of Europe. 68 Members representing 112 organizations in 56 countries
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