Poland: Catholic station denied space on digital TV

January 31, 2012

Poland’s bishops have lamented a decision by the National Broadcasting Council to deny Trwam, a popular Catholic television station, the opportunity to broadcast on digital TV.

“The exclusion of a Catholic TV station violates the principles of pluralism and equality before the law,” the administrative council of Polish bishops said in a recent statement.

96% of Poland’s 38.4 million people are Catholic, according to Vatican statistics.

 

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Further information:

• Polish DTT row continues (Broadband TV News)
• Polish Bishops Appeal for Freedom to Broadcast (Zenit)
• In the defence of the Television ‘Trwam’ (Niedziela Tygodnik Katholicki)