The transition to digital television in Greece: Now what?. (1st March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Papathanassopoulos, Stylianos
• Is Part Of: International journal of digital television. Volume 5:Number 1(2014)
• Page Start: 19
• Page End: 30
• Publication Date: 2014-03-01
• Subjects: Digital television -- Periodicals; 621.3880705
• DOI: 10.1386/jdtv.5.1.19_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-4182

Abstract

This article aims to provide an overview of the current state of digital television in Greece. By examining the latest digital developments in the middle of financial crisis, it suggests that the Greek government adopted a purely market-driven approach leaving the private forces to take up digital terrestrial television. The closure of the public broadcaster, ERT, has accelerated the neo-liberal market-driven policy and Greece has ended up as one of the countries that have left the development of digital terrestrial television entirely to the private sector.