Tag Archives: TV licenses

After 28 years in operation, Greece’s once biggest private television channel MEGA TV will be removed from the signal network. This was announced by Minister for Digital Policy and Media Nikos Pappas on Wednesday, after the new TV license holders were anno0unced. Asked by reported on if Mega TV will …

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The National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) has set the starting price for each of seven national television content licenses put up for auction at 35 million euros – or 245 million euros in total. In a letter sent to Digital Policy and Media Minister Nikos Pappas, the NCRTV …

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Greece’s National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) decided to issue seven television station licenses. The decision follows an extraordinary meeting of the body on Thursday. According to the decision a total of seven TV broadcasting licenses will be auctioned. Minister for Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media, Nikos Pappas, is …

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I twas a very difficult and very long labor. But finally Greece’s political parties managed to reach a consensus and agree to the establishment of the Independent Media Authority (ESR) to handle the TV licenses. Of course, this consensus was reached after the government stepped back to the demands of …

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The prosecutor of Athens ordered urgent investigation, after the e-mail content and private data of the vice president of the Council of State were partly published in the press. As the Council of State currently deals with constitutional conformity of the TV licenses law, many judges see an attempt to …

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The other day, I returned home from the beach. It was quite late, short before 8 o’ clock in the evening. I switched the television on for the prime time news of one of private channels, the volume rather high and headed for a shower. Eight o’ clock sharp, the …

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The Appeals Prosecutor in Athens has called for the Chairman of Olympiakos FC, Vaggelis Marinakis, to be referred to trial and be jailed pending trial. According to the 400-page report of the prosecutor,  Marinakis is suspected of being involved in a criminal organization that is believed to have rigged football …

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Just a couple of hours after the TV licenses bid concluded, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras heralded that the 246 million euro the winners will pay to the Greek state will be given to vulnerable groups of the society. Tsipras said that that 2/3 of the money and the remaining 1/3 …

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The controversial TV licenses auction is unfolding in full speed and one or two out of four licenses in total have apparently been already secured by the competitors. However, at the same time the wall of the building where the auction is taking place under strict secrecy and strong security …

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Greece’ financial crimes prosecutor ordered the freezing of moveable and immovable wealth of powerful businessman Giannis Alafouzos on Wednesday. The order for the freezing has been sent by the same prosecutor to the banks. Cause of the measure apparently in the context of  “tax control” are the difficulties to justify …

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A total eleven companies submitted requests to participate in the private television license tender that “puts an end to 25 years of illegality” so Media Minister Nikos Pappas.  The license procedure takes place through an international tender and will be conducted by Greece’s independent regulatory authority, the National Council for …

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Greece’s State Minister responsible for media, Nikos Pappas said that the time has come to break the “triangle” of corruption, which he says exists between politics, banks and the media arguing that transparency is the key to sustainability. He defended the new ruling that overthrows the established system for television …

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The plan of Greek government to ask TV owners to pay to licenses and also limit the number of private television channels broadcasting nationwide down to four has triggered a war – one of the usual Greek wars where everyone is against everyone with political parties ready to fall in …

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