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After The Screen Went Black: How Poland’s National Broadcaster Hit Roadblocks In Its Recovery From One Of The Most Dramatic Days In The Nation’s TV History
Poland's TVP: After Donald Tusk dissolved the network amidst protests, how is the broadcaster recovering.
The government was forced to liquidate TVP, as dissolving then rebuilding it completely would have to be agreed by the National Broadcasting Council (referred to as KRRiT) and President, both of whom remain miles away from Tusk’s Civic Coalition politically, meaning a stalemate has occurred. European Film Academy Deputy Chair Joanna Szymanska (Netflix’s Operation Hyacinth), who runs movie and TV drama indie Shipsboy, says she “has projects but getting them off the ground is becoming more and more difficult if you don’t want to give in to the lowest common denominator.” Speaking on both points, KRRiT member Kowalski sets out a desire to replace the failing license fee with an “audiovisual” tax of around $25 per year, while he says “a new law on public media should regulate their organization, their management and the systemic way of financing them.”
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