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UOKiK charges HBO Europe over device compatibility changes during subscriptions

February 20, 2026 11.15 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Poland’s competition and consumer regulator UOKiK has opened proceedings against HBO Europe, alleging practices that may harm consumers after some subscribers lost access to HBO Max on devices that had […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: HBO Europe, UOKiK Edited: 23 February 2026 13:09

Poland ends media broker investigation

November 13, 2023 12.42 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has closed an investigation into discounts used by media brokers on the TV advertising market.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Poland, UOKiK Edited: 13 November 2023 12:42

Polish competition authority meets with social media platforms

October 25, 2023 11.57 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), acting in cooperation with four state institution, has held talks with Meta, Google and TikTok about social media advertising.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Google, Meta, Poland, TikTok, UOKiK Edited: 25 October 2023 11:57

UPC Polska facing heavy fine

August 7, 2023 12.04 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has pressed charges against UPC Polska and the operator is at risk of being fined up to 10% of its turnover.

Filed Under: Cable, Central & East Europe, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: Poland, UOKiK, UPC Polska Edited: 7 August 2023 12:04

Polish streamer WP Pilot under investigation

July 25, 2023 11.40 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Netwizor, the operator of the Polish streaming service WP Pilot, is facing the prospect of being fined up to 10% of its turnover.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: Netwizor, Poland, UOKiK, WP Pilot Edited: 25 July 2023 11:40

Cyfrowy Polsat to compensate customers

April 14, 2023 09.09 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has issued a decision against Cyfrowy Polsat on additional services it provided to subscribers without their consent.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline Tagged With: Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland, UOKiK Edited: 17 April 2023 08:55

Vectra hit by heavy fine

January 24, 2023 07.23 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has fined the country’s leading cable operator Vectra over PLN22 million (€4.67 million) for unlawful increases in subscription fees.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline Tagged With: Poland, UOKiK, Vectra Edited: 25 January 2023 07:07

Polish competition authority to investigate Viaplay

November 3, 2022 13.30 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has initiated an investigation into the streaming service Viaplay. It has also asked Cyfrowy Polsat and Canal+ Polska “explanations”.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: Canal+, Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland, UOKiK, Viaplay Edited: 3 November 2022 13:30

UPC Polska hit by heavy fine

October 11, 2022 12.04 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has fined UPC Polska PLN12.5 million (€2.57 million) for charging its subscribers excessive costs for terminating their contracts early.

Filed Under: Cable, Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: Poland, UOKiK, UPC Polska Edited: 12 October 2022 09:43

Viaplay facing Polish fine

August 10, 2022 09.51 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Technical problems encountered by its subscribers could result in the streaming service Viaplay being fined by the Polish competition authority UOKiK.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: Poland, UOKiK, Viaplay Edited: 11 August 2022 12:57

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