Applications for the satellite distribution licenses do not require prior Announcement of the KRRiT’s Chairman, and are not subject to the tender procedure as in the case of terrestrial programmes.
During the license awarding procedure (pursuant to Art. 36 section 1 of the Act on radio and television broadcasting), in particular the following is evaluated:
· the degree of conformity of the intended programming activity with the tasks specified in Art. 1 section 1 of the Act (information delivery, making available of the cultural assets and art, facilitating the access to education and scientific achievements, dissemination of citizenship education, providing entertainment, promoting the national audio-visual creation), as well as the extent to which those tasks are covered by other broadcasters operating on the license concerned area,
· applicant’s capacity to undertake necessary investments and programme funding,
· the estimated proportion in the programming of shows produced by the broadcaster or ordered by it or coproduced with other broadcasters,
· the estimated proportion in the television programming of shows referred to in Art. 15 sections 1 and 3 (shows initially produced in Polish language and European shows), or of works referred to in Art. 15 section 2 (music & lyrical works performed in Polish language) in the radio and television programming,
· history of observing the radio communication and mass media regulations up to the present moment.
Applications for satellite broadcasting licenses covering radio or television programmes should be submitted on forms available on the KRRiT’s website (
Forms – click to go to) and in the KRRiT’s offices in Warsaw at Skwer Kardynała Wyszyńskiego 9. The applications may be sent by mail or delivered to the KRRiT’s mail room no. 11. The applications should be in two copies.
From submitting the application to broadcasting
· A submitted application is recorded and entered in the Regulatory Department’s data base.
· The application receives a legal, programming, economic & financial and technical opinion.
· Next, the application is presented at a National Broadcasting Council’s meeting, and the Council adopts a resolution that concludes the procedure.
· The resolution on the license award or on changing the technical conditions of broadcasting is forwarded to the President of the Office of Electronic Communications, who issues a decision approving the technical aspects of the resolution. Issuance of a decision by the KRRiT’s Chairman finalises the license procedure.
A fee is collected for the license awardas specified in Art. 40 section 3 items 1 and 2 of the Act on radio and television broadcasting, in the amount of PLN 500 for a radio programme and PLN 10,000 for a television programme.
Information on the applications and pending procedures can be obtained under:
+48 22 597 31 85 – Mr. Kazimierz Sarbicki.
Modification of the license conditions
Applications for modifying a satellite broadcasting license covering radio or television programmes may be submitted by mail or delivered to the KRRiT’s mail room no. 11 (at Skwer Kardynała Wyszyńskiego 9 in Warsaw).
Unless the license modification involves extension of the license by the right to distribute the programme by means of a digital terrestrial multiplex broadcast, the application does not require Announcement of the KRRiT’s Chairman.
The application should describe the requested modification (and specify the section in question plus provide the new suggested wording), and contain justification and the necessary documentation.
From the application to the KRRiT Chairman’s decision
· A submitted application is recorded and entered in the Regulatory Department’s data base.
· Once the KRRiT Office issues its opinion on the contents of the application, the National Broadcasting Council concludes the procedure by adopting a resolution.
· If any modifications of the technical conditions of broadcasting are necessary, the resolution is forwarded to the President of the Office of Electronic Communications, who issues a decision approving the technical aspects of the resolution.
· The KRRiT’s Chairman issues his decision.
Information on the applications and pending procedures can be obtained under:
+48 22 597 31 85 – Mr. Kazimierz Sarbicki.
