Discovery Vows to Defend Polish Unit as EU Slams Draft Media Law
- Proposed changes would force Discovery to sell Polish unit
- Commissioner Jourova says EU following the situation closely
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Discovery Inc. pledged to defend its Polish unit from a draft law that would force the U.S. company to give up control of the country’s largest private broadcaster and could tighten the government’s grip on the media.
Last week, lawmakers from Poland’s ruling Law & Justice party filed legislation specifying that television and radio license holders can’t be directly or indirectly controlled by entities not in the European Economic Area.