KRRiT

What KRRiT does

KRRiT (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji), the National Broadcasting Council of Poland, is a constitutional regulatory body established in 1993 under the Broadcasting Act of 1992 to oversee radio and television broadcasting in Poland. Headquartered in Warsaw with approximately 40 employees, it is the country's sole broadcasting licensor and regulator for both public and private broadcasters, empowered to monitor compliance with broadcasting law, impose sanctions on non-compliant broadcasters, license VOD providers, protect minors from harmful content, and ensure media accessibility for persons with disabilities. The body operates under a constitutional mandate derived from the Republic of Poland and is accountable to the Sejm and Senat through annual activity reports.

KRRiT's principal technology asset is the Telemetria Polska program — a single-source media measurement research panel combining TV, radio, and Internet consumption data within a unified household panel architecture, developed through research partnerships with Instytut Łączności PIB (Łukasiewicz Network) and NASK – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy. In December 2020, KRRiT created a wholly-owned subsidiary, Krajowy Instytut Medi贸w (KIM), as a budget economy institution dedicated to media research activities. Service lines also include DAB+ digital radio standard development, the 'Media bez barier' accessibility program for persons with disabilities, the Abonament RTV subscription management system for Polish households, and media literacy programs under the Drogowskaz Medialny brand, alongside an annual Nagroda im. dr. Pawła Stępki academic award.

As a constitutional body, KRRiT does not generate commercial revenue. It is funded through the Polish state budget and operates the RTV subscription fee (abonament RTV) system, which is collected from Polish households owning radio or television receivers and redistributed to public broadcasters rather than retained by KRRiT itself. The body charges no market-based fees for its regulatory services and faces no direct commercial competitors within its constitutional mandate.

Name

KRRiT

Legal name

Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewyzji

Website

https://krrit.gov.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KRRiT is Poland's constitutional broadcasting regulator, overseeing radio and television licensing, broadcaster compliance, the RTV subscription fee system, the Telemetria Polska media measurement program, and accessibility services for persons with disabilities under Media bez barier.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

KRRiT is Poland's constitutional regulatory authority for radio and television broadcasting. It issues broadcasting concessions, monitors broadcaster compliance, manages RTV subscription fees (abonament RTV) from Polish citizens, and conducts media consumption research through its Telemetria Polska program. The body also protects minors from harmful content, ensures accessibility for disabled viewers, and promotes digital radio (DAB+).

Product overview

KRRiT (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji) is Poland's National Broadcasting Council, a government regulatory authority for radio and television. Rather than offering commercial products, KRRiT provides administrative and regulatory services including RTV subscription management (Abonament RTV), broadcasting concessions processing, and public media research programs such as Telemetria Polska for audience measurement. The organization also operates accessibility services (Media bez barier) and public information tools including coverage mapping applications for radio programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Drogowskaz Medialny: Media literacy educational program and publications
• Telemetria Polska
• DAB+
• Media bez barier
• Nagroda im. dr. Pawła Stępki

Products and services

• Abonament RTV (RTV Subscription Management) Administrative service for Polish citizens who own radio and television receivers, providing registration of receivers, payment processing, account management, fee exemptions, and installment plans for RTV subscription fees.
• Telemetria Polska National single-source media measurement research program for TV, radio, and internet audience measurement in Poland, developed by KRRiT in collaboration with Instytut Łączności PIB through a research panel.
• Media bez barier (Media Without Barriers) Accessibility service providing information about TV programs with subtitles, audio description, and sign language interpretation for people with disabilities in Poland.
• Mapy zasięgów programów radiowych (Radio Program Coverage Maps) Interactive web application displaying approximate coverage areas of licensed radio programs in Poland.
• Kontrola dostawców usług medialnych (Media Service Provider Monitoring) Regulatory monitoring and control services for media service providers, including VOD providers and broadcasters, to ensure compliance with Polish broadcasting law.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NASK – Państwowy Instytut BadawczycoreTechnology or Integration · 30 July 2020Partnership for research and development in telemetry data area under the Telemetria Polska program. Contract signed July 23, 2020 for research and development works.
• Instytut Łączności PIB (Łukasiewicz Network)coreTechnology or Integration · 22 October 2019Primary research partner for Telemetria Polska program - single-source media measurement research. Contract signed October 22, 2019 for development of telemetry measurement systems.
• WorldDABminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKRRiT participates in WorldDAB organization and has an expert serving on the WorldDAB Steering Committee to advance DAB+ digital radio standard in Poland.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AGCOM: Italy's Authority for Communications Guarantees regulates broadcasting, telecommunications, and publishing. It is a direct functional peer in licensing, content compliance, and sector monitoring within another EU member state.
• ACM (Autoriteit Consument & Markt): The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets oversees, among other sectors, postal, telecommunications, and media regulation. It is a peer national regulator with overlapping communications oversight responsibilities.
• Ofcom: Ofcom is the UK communications regulator overseeing broadcasting, telecommunications, and postal services. It is the closest functional analogue to KRRiT in Europe, performing licensing, content standards enforcement, and audience-related functions at a national level.
• Bundesnetzagentur: Germany's federal regulatory authority for energy, telecommunications, post, and railway markets. While broader than KRRiT, its communications division performs analogous spectrum and broadcasting oversight across a comparable EU member state.
• CNMC (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia): Spain's national regulator for markets and competition, including audiovisual communications oversight. It is a comparable national regulatory authority with broadcasting jurisdiction and spectrum responsibilities similar to KRRiT's.
• Arcom (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel): Arcom is France's independent audiovisual and digital communications regulator, formed by merging CSA and parts of Hadopi. It licenses broadcasters, enforces content rules, and oversees on-demand services - directly comparable to KRRiT's remit.
• RTR (Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH): Austria's regulator for broadcasting and telecommunications. It is a small EU member-state regulator with concurrent broadcasting and telecom jurisdiction, structurally similar to KRRiT's combined remit.
• NMHH (Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság): Hungary's National Media and Infocommunications Authority is the most direct regional peer, combining broadcasting regulation with telecom oversight in a Central European EU member state with similar political and market dynamics to Poland.

Broad incumbents

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC): The US federal regulator for interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. It is the broadest-scale international analogue to KRRiT's licensing and spectrum oversight functions, although operating in a very different political and market context.

Others

• ERGA (European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services): ERGA is the informal network of EU national audiovisual regulators that KRRiT participates in through its international activity. It is an ecosystem-level peer rather than a competing entity, relevant for cross-border coordination of broadcasting regulation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/krrit__
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@KRRiT_
• Instagraminstagram.com/krrit.gov.pl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/krrit

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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