Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) films containing different (0 divided by 4) weight percentage of 2-aryl substituted benzothiazole (BT) are studied by positron lifetime and Doppler broadening of annihilation line measurements. The effects of gamma-irradiation dose and of BT contents on positron annihilation parameters are studied. The positron lifetimes and intensities depend on irradiation dose only for BT-doped films. The ortho-positronium intensities for pure and doped PVC decrease with dose increasing in a similar way. The influence of doping is significant only at first doping with 0.125 wt% BT and is weak afterwards. Some of the observed changes of the parameters are explained by the protonation of BT and its conversion into [BTH+.Cl-] complexes by the interaction with hydrogen chloride - a product of PVC photodegradation.