New Hellenic Television

New Hellenic Television
NET logo
Launched February 27, 1966
Closed June 11, 2013 (TV)
November 7, 2013 (Internet)
Owned by Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
Picture format 576i (PAL)
4:3, 16:9 (SDTV)
Audience share 0.3% (1/7/2013 – July 7, 2013, AGB)
Country Greece
Language Greek
Formerly called TED (1966–1970)
YENED (1970–1982)
ERT2 (1982–1987)
ET2 (1987–1997)
Sister channel(s) ET1
ET3
ERT HD
ERT World
Availability
Terrestrial
PAL LCN 02
DVB-T ERT B, LCN 02
Satellite
Streaming media
NET Watch Live

New Hellenic Television (Greek: Νέα Ελληνική Τηλεόραση, Nea Elliniki Tileorasi), branded as NET, was the second television network of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the public broadcaster of Greece. It was mainly a news and information channel that broadcast daily newscasts with national and international news, documentaries, talkshows, current affairs programs and also some sporting events. It also broadcast children's shows. It was originally referred to as ERT2 and ET2 but the name was later changed to NET.

Amid protests of the government's decision to close the public broadcaster, ERT staff continued to operate NET via satellite and internet.[1] until November 7, 2013, when riot police stormed into ERT headquarters and took the internet programming of NET off the air.

History

In February 1966, a second television channel was created by the Greek military, the Armed Forces Television, which in 1970 became a fully-fledged second broadcaster as the Armed Forces Information Service (YENED). It contained news, sports, fashion, music, drama series and more rarely documentaries, films and children programming.

In 1982, YENED passed under civilian control and was renamed as ERT2. Public broadcasters were the only broadcasters in Greece. ERT2 followed the same programming. In 1987, ERT and ERT2 became one company, ERT and the channels rebranded ET1 and ET2.

In 1997, ET-2 was restructured as a news and information channel, airing documentaries and sports. It was therefore renamed as NET (Nea Elliniki Tileorasi/New Hellenic Television).

On June 11, 2013, NET was taken off air after the Greek government announced its decision to close ERT. Amid protests, NET continued to be broadcast via the Internet with the help of the European Broadcasting Union until November 7, 2013 when police forces invaded the ERT building and took the programme off.

Programming

Current shows include:

Foreign Series

Live events

NET airs live coverage of the following sports leagues & events:

Children's

Logos

1997–2008 2008–2013

References

See also