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Greece Announces Five Finalists in TV Licenses Tender

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...

Greece Grants TV Licenses to 5 Media Groups

Greece's independent regulator granted TV licenses to five of six bidders after a 12-hour meeting this week. The National Council for Radio and Television (NCRT) announced that SKAI TV, STAR, Alpha, Antenna and E TV have been unanimously approved to...

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...

Greece Issues Tender for Seven TV Licenses

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...

Independent Authority to Auction Seven TV Licenses in Greece

In a further blow to the Greek government’s plan to limit TV licenses to just four, the independent authority has ruled that the licenses should be seven. The National Council of Radio and Television (ESR), reached its decision after a...

Council of State Rules TV Licenses Tender Must be Repeated as Soon as Possible

The Greek Council of State plenum on Friday said that the tender for the nationwide TV licenses must be repeated as soon as possible. The ruling reaffirms the adamant position of the court legislation that the up to date...

Judges Union Slams Government Attacks Against CoS Ruling on TV Licenses

Greece's Union of Judges and Prosecutors were angered by Government Spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili following the ruling by the Council of State (CoS) judges that deemed the recent TV license auction as unconstitutional. A statement issued on Thursday slammed statements...

Greek Opposition Parties Ask for Elections After Court Decision on TV Licenses

Greek opposition parties attacked the SYRIZA-ANEL government, and State Minister Nikos Pappas in particular, after the Council of State ruled that the broadcasting licensing law is unconstitutional. Main opposition party New Democracy announced that the shady efforts of the government...

Greek State Minister N. Pappas: Provisional TV Licenses to be Offered

State Minister Nikos Pappas said that the decision of the Council of State (CoS) that ruled that the TV legislation for four TV licenses was unconstitutional would be respected. He lamented the decision to annul the auction depriving the...

EC Spokesman Schinas: No Harmonized Legislation on TV Licenses

European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas clarified that there is no harmonized legislation on TV licenses at an EU level. Asked about the result of the TV license tender in Greece, Schinas said that the Commission has already stated its position...

ND Spokesman: New TV Licenses Celebrate 'Corruption'

"The government is celebrating today the definition of corruption," said main opposition New Democracy (ND) spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos commenting on the result of the TV licensing tender. New Democracy has tabled a proposal with the Greek National Council for Radio...

These are the Owners of the 4 New National TV Licenses in Greece

  A fierce auction battle for four TV licenses saw media moguls locked up in the Kallithea building of the General Secretariat of Media and Communications without any communication with the outside world. For two nights and three days the...

8 Left in Tender for 4 TV Licenses After Epsilon Group Ousted from Auction

  Eight candidates for four TV licenses are left following objections to two of the nine bidders. The Greek Secretariat General for Information and Communication announced that there would be eight contenders in the tender that begins on Tuesday morning...

Greece's Media: 11 Groups Bid for Four Private TV Licenses

The deadline for the submission for TV licenses with the Greek General Secretariat of Communication was at 3 p.m. on Monday. Eleven applications were made, however only four will be successful. Those who applied were: Skai S. A. Star...

Government Announces Auction For the Sale of Four Nationwide TV Licenses

The government announced an auction for the sale of four nationwide, digital TV licenses on Friday, with a starting bid of three million euros each, according to the published document. Commenting on the tender, State Minister Nikos Pappas described it...