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Uncomfortable questions regarding TV auction mount for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding the recent auction for TV licences, which the coalition has held up as a shining example... against the tender by the existing TV channels, most of whom failed to win permits in the recent... to rubber stamp the tender. A second controversial aspect to the TV permits auction has emerged this week
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TV licencing becomes key political battleground after court verdict
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter suffering the blow of seeing its centrepiece legislation on TV licences being shot down... a new ESR board so it can launch a new tender for TV licences that will not be blocked... the government save some face and prove that it is determined to regulate the TV sector. “We’ll see now whether
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TV permit auction boosts Greek coffers but questions linger
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the auction result is that Skai TV, with which the governing parties have had a long-running... Marinakis, a shipowner who is also chairman of Olympiakos football club, to the TV market is likely..., the government suggested it could get 340 million euros in revenues from the TV licence tender
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After joy of TV permit auction, Tsipras faces programme restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the representatives of the four firms that were successful in last week’s TV licence auction... Nikos Pappas, who has overseen the whole process of regulating the TV market. It is clear, however... disposal. The prime minister, however, will want to maximise the political benefit from the TV tender
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After TV permits setback, scrutiny of State Minister Pappas intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the wake of the failed TV permit tender that he oversaw. It was reported recently that Pappas travelled... that the government will launch a new effort to regulate the TV sector. In an interview with Le Figaro newspaper... licencing procedure. In a TV interview in Greece on Tuesday night, Pappas welcomed New Democracy proposing
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Government meets resistance on TV permits and revenues chief
PoliticsGreek Politicsan extension for the payment of a TV advertisment levy and the other for the review of a fine... abstained. Greece's digital network operator, Digea, which was formed by private TV stations, has also
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SYRIZA under fire for TV permit tender, tinkering with watchdog
PoliticsGreek Politics. The dispute over the TV licenses has been brewing for some time as the opposition suspects SYRIZA is trying to favour friendly media groups. The coalition counters that previous governments have allowed TV
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TV permit auction drags on as coalition tries to draw line under ELSTAT controversy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe auction for four broadcasting licenses on Greece’s national digital TV network dragged on into a third day on Thursday, with the results expected by the evening. Originally, the government had... from its efforts to regulate the TV broadcasting market, the government seems to be trying
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TV permit tender triggers turmoil in Greek judiciary, questions about gov't role
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTwo issues that have been thorns in the government’s side in recent weeks: The TV licence tender and friction in the judicial system combined on Wednesday to pose a fresh problem to the coalition... there was no chance of the court deeming the TV auction to be unconstitutional, even though
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Tsipras encounters SYRIZA resistance, waits for court verdict on TV licences
PoliticsGreek Politics-making process. Until now, Pappas had been virtually untouchable but the controversy over the TV... this week on Wednesday to assess whether the tender for TV permits was in line with the country’s
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