Polish broadcaster TVN SA (TVN.WA) and French entertainment group Vivendi SA (VIV.FR) are planning to hold on to their stakes in the pay-television joint venture they have agreed to create, TVN Chief Executive Markus Tellenbach said, according to a Reuters report Wednesday.

TVN and Vivendi in December agreed to form a joint venture comprising their Polish pay-TV units. The new company's majority shareholder will be Vivendi's pay-TV subsidiary Canal Plus, with a 51% stake, followed by TVN with a 32% stake and local cable TV company UPC with 17%.

Telekomunikacja Polska SA (TPS.WA), Poland's largest communications company, said in October last year it would be ready to consider a pay-TV partnership if approached.

Tellenbach acknowledged TPSA's interest, but said the joint venture wasn't for sale at the time.

"We do not plan to cut our 32% stake in the future platform," he is quoted as saying. "And Canal Plus is also not interested in cutting its 51% stake. So it all boils down to who the seller would be."

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