News about audiovisual in Greece
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This summer Greek director Syllas Tzoumerkas begins shooting his third feature film, The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea. After Homeland and A Blast had been screened at numerous festivals, the film-maker presented his new project at the 2015 Rotterdam-Berlinale Express, the Berlinale’s co-production market – and was awarded a special mention by the Eurimages jury. …
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On October 26th the Council of State, Greece’s Supreme Administrative Court, delivered its judgement on whether the broadcasting reforms initiated by Alexis Tsipras’ government are constitutional. Referred to the Council as a last resort by private television channels, the judges invalidated by a narrow majority (14 to 11) the reform which allowed the government to …
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The Council of State, the Supreme Administrative Court in Greece, will decide in the coming days whether the broadcasting reforms introduced by the government in February 2016 are constitutional or not. The 25 judges who make up the Council approved the appeals filed by six private television stations which were not granted broadcasting licenses on …
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On September 2nd, after 63 hours of bidding, the Greek government awarded the 4 broadcasting licenses for national television channels it had put up for auction as part of its major broadcasting reform. Beginning on August 30th the auction was held under very strict, closely watched conditions. With the final bids in, three businessmen and …
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Having launched the application call to reduce the number of private television channels in Greece, Alexis Tsipras’ government is now considering the creation of a national advertising agency. It would have a monopoly on marketing advertising space and would be the sole intermediary between companies and the nation’s TV channels, the Minister of State Nikos …
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On July 4th the Minister of State Nikos Pappas announced the identity of the eleven applicants who put their name forward to buy a license for one of the four private channels. They are: Skai, Star Channel, Antenna TV, Dimera Media Investments, Alpha, Ioannis Vladimiros Kalogritsas, Alter Ego, Epsilon TV, Independent Television Content Provider, Mega …
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The Greek government has announced plans to initiate licensing agreements for national private channels which broadcast in an unencoded, “free-to-air” format. An international call for offers was launched, with bidding open until July 4th. Only four high definition broadcast licenses will be allocated, although at present the country has eight private channels. So at least …
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