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GREECE / Millimages gives two animation programmes to ERT

On November 27th Millimages, a French production and distribution company specializing in animation, formally presented two television series to ERT, the Greek public broadcaster which reopened its doors in June. Both series target pre-school audiences: “Mouk” (104 11-minute episodes) and “Didou, dessine-moi” (117 7-minute episodes). In a statement, Roch Lener’s company explained it wants to …

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GREECE / Private broadcasting : towards more transparency

The bill authorising the auction of ten-year broadcasting licenses for private radio and television stations transmitting from Greece was adopted by the Greek Parliament on the night of Saturday 24th to Sunday October 25th. According to government spokesman Olga Gerovassili, the law will “bring order to the broadcasting landscape (…) and restore transparency in the …

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GREECE / Nova: imminent arrival of Fox Sports

Nova, the Greek pay-TV platform, will enhance its bouquet with the upcoming launch of Fox Sports. Subscribers will be able to follow sporting events such as American football (NFL), baseball (MLB), ice hockey (NHL), and golf (PGA Tour), the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball and American Football championships, to which will be added a variety …

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GREECE / Drops of Breath: A dance company presents an under-water show

For the first time ever, choreographers Sophie Bulbulyan (Compagnie DK-BEL, France) and Apostolia Papadamaki (Quasi-Stellar Company, Greece), in collaboration with Lia Haraki (Pelma Company, Cyprus), together with a team of ten collaborating countries (Germany, Cyprus, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Lebanon, Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden) are presenting an under-water visual-dance performance with some of the audience …

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FRANCE GREECE / Support for 5 Franco-Greek projects by the CNC

As part of the development fund for Franco-Greek co-productions set up by Frédérique Bredin in Cannes in May 2014, the Franco-Greek committee has continued its task of developing cinema co-productions between France and Greece: the films must be at least 60 minutes or longer, any genre (drama, animation, documentary), and aiming for a first release …

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GREECE / The return of ERT

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Alexis Tsipras’ radical left-wing government Syriza has kept its promise: at 6.00 am on June 11th, ERT, the acronym of the Greek public service radio and television, returned to TV screens, exactly two years after its sudden closure in 2013 for economic reasons. Sources: lexpansion.lexpress.fr, fr.euronews.com et lemonde.fr  

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GREECE / Nominations to run ERT

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On April 29th the Greek Parliament adopted a law re-instating the country’s public broadcaster ERT: on May 12th the government appointed its Board of Directors. Following a call for candidates, 153 people sent in their CV. Songwriter Dionysis Tsaknis was appointed ERT chairman and journalist Lambis Tagmatarhis, managing director. He held the same job at …

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