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Greek TV Show ‘Milky Way’ Picked Up By Renowned Global Distributor

US company Fifth Season, a global leader in TV distribution, has acquired the international rights to the upcoming Greek TV show Milky Way, written and directed by Greek filmmaker Vasilis Kekatos, who won the Short Film Palme d’Or in...

Greece's MEGA TV Shuts Down After 29 Years of Operation

Greece's first private TV station, MEGA channel, closed early Sunday, after digital provider Digea stopped broadcasting its program. The provider's announcement informed that following a written notice sent by the National Radio and Television Council, it is obliged to interrupt...

Ivan Savvidis 19.63% Shareholder of Mega Channel

Businessman Ivan Savvidis now holds a 19.63% share of the company "Teletypos" (Mega Channel), a percentage that until yesterday belonged to Pegasus Publishing and previous shareholder Foti Bobola. This is a percentage that was used as collateral for Pegasus Publishing's...

Beginning of the End for Mega Channel?

Unfortunate news for Mega Chanel, as information released from Newpost, reported that the end of the channel's era was decided earlier in Tuesday's meeting with the board of directors of Teletypos SA. During the meeting, Theoharis Filipopoulos withdrew his proposal to...

Airlift Operation Overnight for Hundreds Trapped in Burning Ferry Off Greece, One Dead [video]

Some 165 passengers have been rescued so far from the Italian-flagged burning ferry-boat "Norman Atlantic," which belongs to the Greek ferry line ANEK, sailing from Patras in western Greece to the Italian port of Ancona and was replacing the...

Another 1,000 Civil Servants Under Threat of Suspension

Any final decisions concerning potential suspensions and the mobility scheme program in the Greek public sector will be made on Monday. The Greek Administrative Reform Minister, in an interview on Mega Channe'sl morning show, stated that interventions must be made...

G. Vardinogiannis Resigns from Teletypos S.A.

Mega Channel, a major television network in Greece, seems to have entered a decisive turning point after the resignation of George Vardinogiannis, which may be the precursor of the final departure of the family from the TV channel. Teletypos Television...

Greek Crisis Takes Toll on Media

Greece's media outlets, many with political agendas and criticized as being run by business interests closely aligned with government administrations, are being hit hard by the country's crushing economic crisis, with some in dire financial straits. Nikos Xidakis, a columnist...

Golden Dawn's Leader Has Warped Sense of History, Says There Were 'No Gas Chambers' in Nazi Concentration Camps

Nikos Michaloliakos is the leader of the Greek political party Golden Dawn, now representing 6.97% of the Greek citizens in Parliament. Michaloliakos gave an interview to journalist Stavros Theodorakis, whose show broadcasts social and humanitarian subjects, in a bid to...