Greece

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...

Businessman Ivan Savvidis now holds a 19.63% share of the company "Teletypos" (Mega Channel), a percentage that until yesterday belonged to Pegasus Publishing and previous shareholder Foti Bobola. This is a percentage that was used as collateral for Pegasus Publishing's...

On Tuesday the General Secretariat for News and Communication in Greece announced the seven final bids that will be contending for the final stage of a tender for four national television licenses. This newly instated overhaul of distributing television licenses...

Unfortunate news for Mega Chanel, as information released from Newpost, reported that the end of the channel's era was decided earlier in Tuesday's meeting with the board of directors of Teletypos SA. During the meeting, Theoharis Filipopoulos withdrew his proposal to...

Dori Media Group announced that it has sold its interactive cross platform reality format “uMan”to Mega; the number one Free-to-Air TV channel in Greece.  Dori Media Group is an international media company that focuses on production, distribution, broadcasting and merchandising of...

The MEGA Channel, Greece's first private television broadcaster, is set to return to the country's television airwaves in just a few days. On Monday, the channel released its first video on the internet, announcing its official return -- but without...

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...

The media company ''Alter Ego,'' owned by Greek businessman Evangelos Marinakis, obtained the audiovisual archives and the logo of ''MEGA TV,'' Greece's historic first private television station, which ceased broadcasting in 2018. He also acquired several properties as a result...

Greece's first private TV station, MEGA channel, closed early Sunday, after digital provider Digea stopped broadcasting its program. The provider's announcement informed that following a written notice sent by the National Radio and Television Council, it is obliged to interrupt...

Greek TV channel Mega faces closure after the country's National Council of Radio and Television voted to end its operations on Tuesday. The channel, which has been broadcasting repeats for months amid claims its staff has not been paid, tried to...

About 420 employees of Greece’s Mega television station fear losing their jobs after signs the company’s management is not intent in joining a broadcast licensing tender next month. In a letter sent to banks, the TV station’s shareholders said they...

An unprecedented multimedia exhibition built around Van Gogh's paintings which has been making its way around the world, has come to Athens and will be on display until early March 2018. "Van Gogh Alive" is not an ordinary art exhibition,...

The Greek government's plans for a new state-owned agency for selling television advertisements have been strongly opposed by broadcasters after it was unveiled, days after the new controversial auction to limit new private television licenses. A joint letter between...

Last-ditch efforts to save Greece's private Mega channel from bankruptcy paid off on Wednesday with an agreement between shareholders reached at the eleventh hour. Shareholders reportedly agreed to put up three million euros within a week so as to...

MEGA television network, one of Greece's five major television networks, did not air their nightly news broadcast on Monday evening, as the company's employees went on strike from 6 pm until 12 am in protest of the anticipated cut in wages. Efsyn.gr...