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===Media and film=== {{See also|List of films set in Warsaw}} Warsaw is the media centre of Poland, and the location of the main headquarters of [[Telewizja Polska|TVP]] and other numerous local and national TV and [[radio broadcasting|radio stations]], such as [[Polskie Radio]] (Polish Radio), [[TVN (Poland)|TVN]], [[Polsat]], [[TV4 (Poland)|TV4]], [[TV Puls]], [[Canal+ Poland]], [[Cyfra+]] and [[MTV Poland]].<ref name=broadbandtvnews/> Warsaw also has a sizable movie and television industry. The city houses several movie companies and [[movie studio|studios]]. Since May 1661 the first Polish newspaper, the ''[[Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny|Polish Ordinary Mercury]]'', was printed in Warsaw. The city is also the printing capital of Poland with a wide variety of domestic and foreign periodicals expressing diverse views, and domestic newspapers are extremely competitive. ''[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]]'', {{Lang|pl|[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]}} and ''[[Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat]]'', Poland's large nationwide daily newspapers,<ref name=instytut/> have their headquarters in Warsaw. Since World War II, Warsaw has been the most important centre of film production in Poland. Among the movie companies are TOR, Czołówka, Zebra and [[KADR (studio)|Kadr]] which is behind several international movie productions.<ref name="pisf"/> The city itself has featured in numerous movies, both Polish and foreign, for example: [[Kanał (film)|''Kanał'']] and ''[[Korczak (film)|Korczak]]'' by [[Andrzej Wajda]] and ''[[The Decalogue (film)|The Decalogue]]'' by [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]], also including [[Academy Award|Oscar]] winner [[The Pianist (2002 film)|''The Pianist'']] by [[Roman Polanski|Roman Polański]].<ref name=thepianistmovie/> It is also home to the National Film Archive, which, since 1955, has been collecting and preserving Polish film culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fn.org.pl/en/page/231/about-the-national-film-archive.html |title=About the National Film Archive |publisher=National Film Archive |access-date=27 September 2017 |archive-date=27 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927160201/http://www.fn.org.pl/en/page/231/about-the-national-film-archive.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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