ERT replacement moves step closer
July 10, 2013 15.11 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul
ERTA new temporary channel named Greek Public Television has begun transmitting its logo on the frequency formerly used by the broadcaster ERT.
Quoted in the local press, the country’s deputy culture minister Pantelis Kapsis said that the channel would begin to show films and programmes within a matter of hours and continue to do so until the launch of NERIT (New Greek Radio, Internet and Television), designed to replace ERT.
ERT was closed in controversial circumstances last month, prompting huge protests not only within Greece itself but also internationally, with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) being particularly critical.
The Greek coalition is broadly in favour of new legislation creating NERIT and it will be discussed in the Greek parliament this Thursday (July 11).
July 10, 2013 15.11 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul
ERTA new temporary channel named Greek Public Television has begun transmitting its logo on the frequency formerly used by the broadcaster ERT.
Quoted in the local press, the country’s deputy culture minister Pantelis Kapsis said that the channel would begin to show films and programmes within a matter of hours and continue to do so until the launch of NERIT (New Greek Radio, Internet and Television), designed to replace ERT.
ERT was closed in controversial circumstances last month, prompting huge protests not only within Greece itself but also internationally, with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) being particularly critical.
The Greek coalition is broadly in favour of new legislation creating NERIT and it will be discussed in the Greek parliament this Thursday (July 11).