The National
Broadcasting Council

The KRRiT transferred PLN 241,325,000 to public media companies in H1 2026, as part of the statutory funding of the public service mission from subscription fees comprising: PLN 123,378,000 to Telewizja Polska S.A. (in liquidation); PLN 59,319,000 to Polskie Radio S.A. (in liquidation); and PLN 58,628,000 to 17 regional radio companies in liquidation. By the end of 2026, the KRRiT will transfer a further PLN 361,987,000 to public media. This means that the total amount of funds transferred by the Council this year will reach PLN 603,312,000.

In addition, broadcasters received PLN 49,923,000 from

More than two years after public media were placed into liquidation (in December 2023), the situation in public media shows that this is a sham liquidation.

The actions taken by the liquidators are not consistent with the liquidation procedure set out in the Commercial Companies Code [Kodeks Spółek Handlowych]. There is no genuine liquidation activity taking place. Public media continue to operate, produce and broadcast programmes, organise high-budget outdoor events, hire new staff, commission new productions, and plan investments – including a new headquarters for TVP3 Olsztyn. This is confirmed by public broadcasters' reports on the fulfilment of their mission for the previous year, and by their programming and financial plans for 2027.

In April this year, Agnieszka Glapiak, Chair of the KRRiT, referred a matter to the prosecutor's office requesting an investigation into whether those responsible for running the companies in liquidation – Telewizja Polska, Polskie Radio, and the Regional Stations of Polskie Radio – are genuinely carrying out their duties, or are merely maintaining an appearance of doing so.

The Chair requested clarification as to whether there had been a breach of the constitutional order of the state and unlawful interference in the activities of the KRRiT, a constitutional body. She stressed that the liquidation process had caused irreversible financial, organisational and reputational losses. As a result, public media have lost hundreds of thousands of viewers and listeners. To date, the prosecutor's office has not issued a decision to open an investigation into the matter.

Since 2023, the Minister of Culture has been promising a reform of public media, said to include a new Broadcasting Act, the abolition of the RTV subscription fee, and changes to the public media management. To date, however, no draft law has been submitted to the Sejm, with the Prime Minister's statements suggesting that Parliament will not be addressing the matter in the near future.

Despite the public media companies having been placed into liquidation by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, they have been receiving subsidies worth billions of zlotys from the state budget since 2024. This continued in 2026 as well.

In the first half of this year, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage transferred PLN 1.2 billion to public media, comprising PLN 900 million to Telewizja Polska S.A. (in liquidation), PLN 150 million to Polskie Radio S.A. (in liquidation), and PLN 150 million to the Regional Stations in liquidation.

In February 2026, the KRRiT wrote to the Minister of Culture and National Heritage requesting an explanation as to why the Supervisory Board of Telewizja Polska S.A. – properly appointed and entered in the National Court Register – was being prevented from exercising its mandate.

Members of the company's Supervisory Board informed the KRRiT that TVP S.A. (in liquidation) was blocking their ability to carry out their statutory and articles-of-association duties, including access to the company's premises and documents, and the ability to carry out their supervisory role.

In response, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage stated that court proceedings concerning the entry of the new Supervisory Board membership in the National Court Register were still ongoing.

In February 2026, the National Broadcasting Council once again wrote to the Chair of the National Electoral Commission requesting an investigation into whether the presidential debate held during the presidential election campaign at the sports hall in Końskie had been organised in accordance with the law.

In the Council's view, the way it was organised breached KRRiT regulations, including by failing to inform candidates of the date and topics of the debate.

Serious doubts also remained regarding, among other things, the role of the public broadcaster in organising the event and the question of the debate's funding by Rafał Trzaskowski's campaign team. To date, the matter has not been clarified by the National Electoral Commission and continues to attract considerable public controversy. TVP S.A. (in liquidation) has also failed to respond to KRRiT's correspondence on the matter.

Following the disclosure that the Ministry of National Defence had paid Telewizja Polska S.A. (in liquidation) for the production and broadcast of the Polish Armed Forces Day celebrations, in April this year the KRRiT objected to state institutions funding broadcasts of events that form part of the public service mission.

The National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) requested information as to whether this arrangement had been initiated by TVP S.A. or by the Ministry of National Defence, and what the legal basis was for signing an agreement to pay the public broadcaster nearly PLN 900,000 for carrying out its basic duties. Telewizja Polska has not responded on this matter.

In the first half of the year, the KRRiT completed its assessment of the reports on the fulfilment of the public service mission for 2025. The Council accepted the reports of 15 public broadcasters. It refused, however, to accept the reports of Telewizja Polska S.A. (in liquidation), Polskie Radio S.A. (in liquidation), Radio Łódź S.A. (in liquidation), and Radio Zachód S.A. (in liquidation). The reason given was departures from KRRiT's recommendations regarding the fulfilment of their public service remits (‘Karty Powinności’) and their approved programming and financial plans.

The KRRiT has begun the process of agreeing public media companies' programming and financial plans for 2027. Resolutions on approving or refusing to approve these plans will be adopted by 15 December 2026.

At the same time, the National Broadcasting Council set the Radio/TV (RTV) subscription fee rates for 2027 at a level below the statutory maximum, and determined the level of discounts available to those paying in advance for a period longer than one month.