Sportfive Resumes Talks With TVP Over Polish National Team TV Rights

Marketing company Sportfive, which has the broadcast rights for the Polish national football team, "has resumed negotiations with Polish TV channel TVP," according to RP.pl. The "negotiations concern the team's next two matches," the qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup against England, which will take place on Oct. 16, and the int'l friendly against South Africa, scheduled for Oct. 12. Sportfive Poland President Andrzej Placzyński said that the "talks are aimed in the right direction." Placzyński said, "I think that so far everything is going well. The provisional date, after which we will start any conversation with other broadcasters, is the end of this week." Placzyński did not want to talk about "other potential partners who could take over the rights." The situation aroused the interest of the National Broadcasting Council, which noted that "matches of the national team in World Cup qualifying is an important social event and should be available to viewers in the program nationwide" (RP.pl, 9/17)