Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation’s (ERT) proposal of purchasing the coverage of UEFA Champions League for the period 2012-2015 over 18 or 24 million Euros has outraged political representatives of the Greek Parliament with Nea Dimokratia seeking justice to the Supreme Court of Greece.
In its announcement, ERT claimed that the corporation wishes to provide the Greek audience with the best TV programmes.
Head of Mass Media Sector Mr. Kedikoglou, however, feels different about it. According to Mr. Kedikoglou, this deal is outrageous on behalf of the state-owned broadcasting corporation given the poor finances of the country and the cruel tax measures the Greek people have to face.
“It is extremely provocative on behalf of ERT to make such a deal. All this money comes from Greek tax payers, who are confronted with harsh austerity measures” said Mr. Kedikoglou.
According to further information, the second larger broadcasting corporation has offered only 6 million Euros for the same coverage of the soccer games, which equals to 14 million euros less than ERT has offered.
The “generosity” of ERT’s proposal would cover the broadcasting of 17 soccer games within the following three years.
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