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TexasTowelie

(117,468 posts)
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:17 AM Dec 2023

TVP World suspended and director fired amid Polish government's public media takeover

Operations at TVP World, the English-language news channel run by Poland’s state broadcaster, have been suspended and its director dismissed as part of the new government’s takeover of public media.

The channel has already been off the air since last Wednesday, along with Polish-language news channel TVP Info, following the culture minister’s move to dismiss the management of TVP, Polskie Radio and the Polish Press Agency (PAP).

Yesterday, TVP World announced on social media that its operations have been suspended until mid-January. Moments later, its director, Filip Styczyński, also revealed that he has been “relieved of my duties”.

TVP World is a 24-hour news channel broadcasting in English that was launched in November 2021. It has been available on VOD platforms in Austria, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece and the UK, among others, with some of its content published on YouTube.

Read more: https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/12/28/tvp-world-suspended-and-director-fired-amid-polish-governments-public-media-takeover/


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TVP World suspended and director fired amid Polish government's public media takeover (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2023 OP
I watch Break the Fake. WhiteTara Dec 2023 #1
Reading through the entire article, I agree with you. TexasTowelie Dec 2023 #2

TexasTowelie

(117,468 posts)
2. Reading through the entire article, I agree with you.
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:51 AM
Dec 2023

It appear that the Polish government was forced to put all public media enterprises into liquidation after the president's veto of funding for public media. It's a shame since TVP has provided excellent coverage of the war in Ukraine.

I've posted the Break the Fake and Eastern Express clips for over a year. The Eastern Express clips discussed issues in parts of the world that receive little attention such as Eastern Europe an Central Asia, so the loss of that coverage in those regions will certainly leave a void.

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