TV license

Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis was declared the final winner of a fourth broadcasting license as the runner-up in the recent tender for the auctioning of four nationwide TV licenses, following the withdrawal of businessman Ioannis Kalogritsas. The relevant committee has...

EU Digital Economy and Society Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said that the number of TV licenses in Greece was a matter for Greek authorities to decide, according to a report published by the Greek Deutsche Welle website. "The question whether licenses...

After the withdrawal on Monday of businessman Ioannis Kalogritsas from the process of awarding four nationwide TV content broadcasting licenses, Dimera Media Ltd, the company of Ivan Savvidis, and Alpha, the company of Dimitris Kontominas, are next in line...

The TV license dispute between the government and the opposition parties is going strong with a group from the main opposition conservative New Democracy party filing a lawsuit with the Supreme Court Prosecutor. Meanwhile, two of the successful bidders paid...

  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...

Television channels that appealed to Greece's top administrative court over a law passed in October to reduce the number of nationwide TV stations to four sought an injunction from the State Council so that the procedure could be delayed...