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New TV channel “E” Broadcasts from 902 Frequency

From today, September 11 the new TV Channel that goes under the simple name “E” is on the air on the old frequency of “902”. According to a press release: “The Letter «Ε» is the logotype of the new TV channel...

Top Greek Court Rejects TV Stations' Legal Action

The Council of State (CoS), Greece's supreme court, has rejected a temporary injunction motion by four private TV stations against the government's television frequencies tender. Four stations -- Antenna, Alpha, Star and Skai -- were asking for a temporary freeze...

Greek TV Licenses: The New Landscape

In its 27-year-old history, Greek TV networks have been through multiple transformations but one - ownership status. All major TV channels have been in the hands of the same businessmen, most of them with a background in the press...

Mega TV Channel May Go 'Off the Air' Due to Debts to Signal Provider Digea, Workers Warn

Mega television's digital frequency may soon "go off the air" -- possibly as early as Friday night -- due to the owner company's outstanding debts to the Greek digital signal provider Digea. According to embattled Mega employees, Digea's board...

Digital Radio Debuts in Greece

Digital radio arrived in Greece this week, with a first pilot broadcast coming from public broadcaster ERT’s facilities on Ymittos mountain overlooking Athens. Unlike many European countries, Greece has no definitive road map towards a switch-off from analog FM radio...

Greek Documentary 'The Lost Signal of Democracy' Awarded at PriMed 2014 [Video]

"The Lost Signal of Democracy" by Yorgos Avgeropoulos was awarded the Mediterranean Reportage Prize at the 18th International Film Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage (PriMed) in Marseille, France. This year's PriMed (December 8-13, 2014) received 543 films from 39...

Greece's Poor Will Have Electricity

In the aftermath of deaths in households where power had been turned off for non-payment, leading people to turn to makeshift stoves and other heating devices, the Greek government has promised once again that it's trying to make sure...

Strikes Over ERT To Disrupt Athens

Public transportation in Athens will be staggered on June 13 as transport workers join a strike called by the country's largest labor unions representing public and private workers in the aftermath of the government's decision to shut down the...