Greece

The majority of participants in a meeting of Greece's broadcasting regulator, the National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV), have suggested that Greece can only support between four and six private television channels broadcasting nationwide, sources said on Monday. The...

The Greek Parliament's presidents conference convened on Thursday in a spirit of consensus regarding the consolidation of the National Council of Radio and Television (NCRTV), under the guidance of Greek Parliament President Nikos Voutsis. Following a number of failed...

The controversial TV licensing law was amended by the government on Thursday. The change now stipulates that the National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) is required to give its agreement when determining the starting bids for broadcasting licenses...

During a tense meeting of Greek Parliament's presidents, chaired by Parliament President Nikos Voutsis, the ruling party withdrew the proposal for former main opposition New Democracy party minister Vyronas Polydoras to head the National Council of Radio and Television (NCRTV)....

The government's proposal for Vyron Polydoras as chief of the National Council of Radio and Television (NCRTV) has come to a deadlock as one opposition party after the other rejected the candidacy.  The initial reactions make it clear that...

Lawmaker Vyron Polydoras, the former conservative New Democracy (ND) public order and justice minister of Greece from 2006-2007, in the first cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis is the ruling SYRIZA party's choice to lead the National Council of Radio and...

Political developments are proceeding at a breakneck speed following a Council of State decision to rule the Greek government's TV license auction as unconstitutional. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called a government meeting on Thursday to discuss the new...

The third Greek Parliament leaders meeting on the Greek National Council for State Radio and Television (NCRTV) began at 2 p.m. on Wednesday but did not bear results as the conservative New Democracy, socialist PASOK and centrist Potami parties...

Ahead of Greek Independence Day on March 25, the Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) said it would put penalties on any station that plays Vasilis Papakonstantinou’s song When I Return I Will F…ck Them, based on...

The National Council of Radio and Television (NCRTV) on Wednesday announced and published the names of the final holders of a nationwide general content television broadcasting licence, selected through a tender process. The five licence holders are the television channels...

Greece's independent regulator, the National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV), has announced five finalists for a tender for general content television broadcasting licenses. The five media companies that made it to the finals for a license are: Eidiseis Dot Com (SKAI) Nea Tileorasi...

Six media groups have applied to get TV licenses in Greece in the latest effort by government to shake up what it sees as a debt-ridden, unregulated broadcasting sector. If all are successful, it would be mean a reduction...

Greece has officially announced the tender for the auctioning of seven nationwide, high-definition TV licenses of general content. The tender; in Greek and English, and the deadline for the submission of an application is January 8, 2018. According to the...

A special levy on TV advertisements will be lowered to five percent from 20 percent as of April 1, 2018, based on an amendment tabled by Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas, on Friday. The amendment concerns advertisements played on television...

Public television channel ERT announced on Monday it will no longer broadcast live the speeches or events of Golden Dawn MPs, while a committee will decide whether to broadcast recorded material. The decision comes after the furore caused over...