New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television
New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television or NERIT was the state-owned public broadcaster for Greece from 4 May 2014 to 11 June 2015. Antonis Samaras's coalition government established NERIT to replace the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation in 2013: NERIT began broadcasting under their identity on 4 May 2014, replacing the transitional service Dimosia Tileorasi.
In 2015, the government restored ERT as Greece's public broadcaster, and NERIT ceased broadcasting on 11 June 2015.
History
Background
On 11 June 2013, the Greek government announced its intention to close ERT, due to unfair recruitments over the past 30 years of previous governments's favors to persons without degrees and without passing the exams of ASEP with exchange of voting them eternally and with immediate effect and to open a new organization entitled NERIT and built it from top to bottom, with employees with degrees and certifications of passing the exams of ASEP. That night, the government started to shut down every transmitter of ERT in Greece. Many employees refused to leave ERT's headquarters at the House of Radio in Agia Paraskevi and continued to broadcast an internet TV channel on Greek, Cypriot and other European media sites. A few days later, ERT's signal was restored on some analogue frequencies in Greece, broadcasting a strike programme from Agia Paraskevi. In the meantime, the president of PASOK, Evangelos Venizelos, blackmailed the prime minister that if he don't stop the closing of E.R.T., will, immediately, leave the coalition government, along with the president of the Democratic Left, Fotis Kouvelis and push the country into new elections, which means another expenditures against the people and lack of stability in the country.On 10 July 2013, after 28 days of black screens on ERT's digital channels, a transitional service started broadcasting on ERT frequencies as ΕΔΤ from Paiania studios. A few hours later the broadcasting authority renamed the channel ΔΤ. ΔΤ, the transitional channel, transmitted old Greek movies and scientific, social and historical documentaries from ERT's archives. Βουλή Τηλεόραση broadcasts sessions and documentaries from the Greek Parliament.
On Wednesday 21 August 2013, ΔΤ started live broadcasting with: "Πρωινή ενημέρωση" from its Katehaki headquarters on several public TV frequencies. Sporting events such as the FIA Formula 1 World Championship and the UEFA Champions League were broadcast by ΔΤ with commentaries from journalists. The broadcaster launched a redesigned logo for "ΔΤ".
On the morning of 26 September 2013, the Ελληνική Δημόσια Ραδιοφωνία started live broadcasting with a programme called Πρώτο Πρόγραμμα on several public frequencies. www.hprt.gr was launched as the official website of Hellenic Public Radio Television.
On 1 December 2013 ΔΤ stopped using the DIGEA platform. ΔΤ now broadcasts via the ex-ERT transmitters on three different frequencies: On the first, ΔΤ broadcasts 3 TV channels and 3 Radio channels. ΔΤ1 is the main ΔΤ TV channel. The logo ΔΤ remained unchanged. ΔΤ HD broadcast mainly the same as ΔΤ1 but in HD. The logo of ΔΤ HD is the same as ΔΤ with a small "HD" logo on the right-hand side of the screen. Technical details of ΔΤ HD: 1080i and Dolby Surround Digital Plus. ΔΡ1 and ΔΡ2 broadcast the same radio coverage, whilst ΔΡ3 later became a different channel. On the second frequency, ΔΤ broadcast 4 digital TV channels. ΕΔΤ broadcast the same programme as ΔΤ1. On the third frequency, ΔΤ transmitted 4 TV channels. ΔΤ2 broadcast exactly the same programme as ΔΤ1.
On Monday, 10 March 2014, at 7 a.m., the Ελληνική Δημόσια Ραδιοφωνία began live broadcasting of a second radio channel called Τρίτο Πρόγραμμα along with Πρώτο Πρόγραμμα.
On Good Friday, 18 April 2014, ΔΤ2 broadcast a different TV programme to cover only the Basketball Euroleague play-off game between Panathinaikos B.C. and CSKA Moscow. The temporary logo of ΔΤ2 was the same as ΔΤ with a small "2" on the right-hand side.
NERIT launch
From Sunday, 4 May 2014, at 6 p.m. at the beginning of the evening news, the Hellenic Public Television changed its name and logo to NERIT Νέα Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία, Ίντερνετ και Τηλεόραση Néa Ellinikí Radiofonía, Ínternet ke Tileórasi - New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television with a single programme called "Nerit", which was broadcast in 3 TV channels. The current logo of the N channel is the letter "N" displayed as a ribbon. Hellenic Public Radio has become "NERIT Radio" with three channels: First Programme, Third Programme and Kosmos. Three more radio channels are planned. The new NERIT webpage replaced the Hellenic Public Radio Television website. On 15 May 2014 the second NERIT channel began transmission as a sports programme called NERIT Sports. In January 2015 began the official second channel of NERIT, NERITplus, the Second Programme and the new radio NERIT Macedonia.Services
Television
TV channels
NERIT1
NERIT1 was the first Greek public television channel of New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television, the successor of ERT. The public broadcaster has chosen not to display the number "1" next to the letter N, so the logo of the channel is the letter "N" but it is still known as NERIT1. On 11 June 2015, after the governments' decision of reopening ERT was replaced ЕRT1.N Plus
N Plus was the second public television channel of NERIT. The program consists of varied programming and there are times when N1 is rebroadcast to fill in the hours when the program wasn't broadcast. In June 2015, the channel was replaced by ERT2.N HD
N HD was the third public TV channel of NERIT and transmits a mix of the program N1 and N Plus in high definition. Usually, it transmits the program of N1 because it is more significant, in their view. There are big events which are broadcast like Eurovision Song Contest. N HD transmits the program of N Plus when the channel broadcast sports events. In June 2015, the channel was replaced by ERT Sports HD.N Sports
NERIT Sports was a short-lived television channel of the Greek state owned public broadcaster New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television ERT.NERIT Sports began broadcasting on 18 May 2014. Originally only broadcasting during the day-time, the channel began broadcasting 10/6 one week before the World Cup. The channel only was broadcasting sports, with the occasional rebroadcast of the first programme of ERT2. The channel was broadcast nationwide from Athens, Greece.
On 31 December 2014, the channel was closed and replaced by the family channel NERITplus / ERT2
Radio
First Programme
First Programme was the first public radio channel of NERIT. The programme consisted of folk music, sport and news.Second Programme
Second Programme was the second public radio channel of NERIT. The programme consisted of Greek music and culture broadcastis.Third Programme
Third Programme was the third public radio channel of NERIT. The programme consisted of classical music, radio dramas and culture.Kosmos
Kosmos was the fourth public radio channel of NERIT. The programme consisted of reggae, jazz, folk-ethnic and world music. Kosmos was earlier on air only in Athens, but under NERIT it gone on air on the frequencies of the former ERA Kosmos in Athens, as well as in Thessaloniki. The station was expanded nationwide in a period of 2 weeks in July.NERIT Macedonia (102 FM)
NERIT Macedonia wasthe fifth public radio channel of Greece's state broadcaster, ERT. The programme consisted of broadcasts about civilization of Macedonia, News, the regional music show Noah's World, and music blocks. The radio broadcasts only in Macedonia of Greece.