[HCDX] Greek police raids headquarters of former state broadcaster ERT
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[HCDX] Greek police raids headquarters of former state broadcaster ERT



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Posted 7 November, 2013 - 19:38 by Theo Vatmanidis
ERT_Novermber 2013 police operation ©  real.gr
At 04:15 am this morning, riot police raided the ERT building in Athens. 
Since the closure of the former state broadcaster in June, sacked ERT 
employees had defiantly carried on broadcasting from the premises. Greek 
Eurovision participation still not secured.
During its long history as the Greek state broadcaster, the Elliniki 
Radiofonia Tileorasi (literally Hellenic Radio-Television) had been a 
national institution. Apart from being the official broadcaster of the 
2004 Olympic Games, ERT  also hosted the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in 
Athens.
In June, citing budget management issues, the Greek government decided to 
shut down the company and replace it with a sanitized smaller 
broadcaster. The shock closure of ERT resulted in over 2,500 employees 
being made redundant and heavy criticism for the government. 
There has been an interim broadcaster, Dimosia Tileorasi (Public 
Television), put in place until ERT?s proper replacement, NERIT (New 
Hellenic Radio Internet and Television S.A.), is launched. Indeed, it has 
been argued that repossessing the ERT headquarters was vital in order to 
make NERIT operationally viable.
It is not known when NERIT will go on air; its launching appears to be 
crucial for a possible Greek participation in the 2014 Eurovision Song 
Contest to be considered by the EBU.

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