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{{short description|Greek public broadcasting corporation}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox broadcasting network
| name = Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation<br />Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση
| logo = ERT logo 2020.svg
| logo caption = Logo since September 2020
| image = Broadcastingert.jpg
| type = [[Radio]], [[Public broadcasting|Public broadcasting network]]
| branding = ERT (English)<br />EPT (Greek)
| country = Greece
| launch_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|1936|09|07}} (radio)<br />{{start date and age|df=yes|1966|02|23}} (Television)<br>{{start date and age|df=yes|2015|06|11}} (relaunch)
| dissolved = {{end date and age|df=yes|2013|06|11}} (original)
| founded = 1936 (as [[National Radio Foundation|YRE]])
| tvstations = [[ERT1]], [[ERT2]], [[ERT3]], [[ERT Sports]], ERT News, [[ERT World]]
| headquarters = [[Zappeion]] (1936–1968)<br /> Mourouzi Studio (1968–1974)<br />[[Broadcasting House (Athens)|Broadcasting House/House of Radio/Radiomegaron]] (1974–present)
| broadcast_area = Greece<br />Cyprus (also parts of Turkey, Albania, North Macedonia and Bulgaria near the Greek border)
| available = Nationwide
| owner = [[State-owned enterprise|State-owned]]
| former_names = ΥΡΕ (1936–1941)<br />ΑΕΡΕ (1941–1945)<br />[[National Radio Foundation|ΕΙΡ]] (1945–1970)<br />[[National Radio Television Foundation|ΕΙΡΤ]] (1970–1975)
| replaced_by = [[New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television|NERIT]] and [[Dimosia Tileorasi|EDT]] (2013–2015)
| net_income = {{increase}} 32.264€ million (2023)
| Picture format = [[576i]] [[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])<br />[[1080i]] [[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])
| callsign_meaning = {{lang|el|'''Ε'''λληνική '''Ρ'''αδιοφωνία '''Τ'''ηλεόραση}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.ert.gr/|ert.gr}}
}}

The '''Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation''' ({{langx|el|Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση [[S.A. (corporation)|A.E.]]|Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi A.E.|Greek Radio [and] Television S.A.}}), commonly shortened to '''ERT''' ({{langx|el|ΕΡΤ|links=no}}), is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of [[Greece]].

==History==
===Overview===
ERT began broadcasting in 1938 as the Radio Broadcasting Service or YRE ({{lang|el|Υπηρεσία Ραδιοφωνικής Εκπομπής, ΥΡΕ}}).

Following a government decision, the original company was abolished on the 11th of June 2013,<ref>[[#et-b-2013|Government Gazette (11 June 2013)]].</ref> with its 2,656 employees protesting against the closure<ref>{{cite web|title=Greek public broadcaster ERT to be shut down, reopened with fewer employees|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/132876/greek-public-broadcaster-ert-to-be-shut-down-reopened-with-fewer-employees/|publisher=ekathimerini.com|access-date=12 June 2013|date=11 June 2013}}</ref> and continuing broadcasting via a satellite transmission using [[European Broadcasting Union]] equipment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/12/ert-shutdown-european-broadcasting-union-makeshift-studio-greece|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Lisa|last=O'Carroll|title=ERT shutdown: European Broadcasting Union sets up makeshift studio|date=12 June 2013}}</ref> The EBU also began providing Internet streaming of the ERT broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.ebu.ch/cms/en/sites/ebu/contents/news/2013/06/monitor-ert-online.html|title=Monitor ERT online|date=12 June 2013|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]|access-date=12 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612212642/http://www3.ebu.ch/cms/en/sites/ebu/contents/news/2013/06/monitor-ert-online.html|archive-date=12 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On the 12th of June 2013, the Greek government proposed a successor organization, New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television ({{lang|el|Νέα Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία, Ίντερνετ και Τηλεόραση}}), shortened to [[New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television|NERIT]] ({{lang|el|ΝΕΡΙΤ}}),<ref name="Nea ert">{{cite web|url=http://www.minpress.gr/minpress/nea_ert.pdf|title=Νέα Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία, Ίντερνετ και Τηλεόραση|trans-title=New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television|date=12 June 2013|publisher=www.minpress.gr|access-date=12 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626172912/http://www.minpress.gr/minpress/nea_ert.pdf|archive-date=26 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> which launched in August 2013 as "[[Dimosia Tileorasi|Public Television]]" ({{lang|el|Δημόσια Τηλεόραση}}).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2013/06/12/fallout-in-athens-and-brussels-over-greek-tv-shutdown/|title=Fallout in Athens and Brussels over Greek TV shutdown|work=Euronews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613120233/http://www.euronews.com/2013/06/12/fallout-in-athens-and-brussels-over-greek-tv-shutdown/|archive-date=13 June 2013}}</ref> As protests against the decision of the government (Coalition of New Democracy, PASOK, DIMAR) continued, on 15 June Prime Minister Samaras proposed returning ERT to service immediately, by having an emergency committee rehire selected employees. This offer was rejected by the ERT employees and Samaras' coalition partners.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/15/greek-pm-climbdown-over-ert-broadcaster|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Helena|last=Smith|title=Greek prime minister backtracks on decision to close public broadcaster|date=15 June 2013}}</ref>

On 17 June 2013, following an appeal by ERT's employees to the [[Council of State (Greece)|Council of State]] (Greece's highest administrative court), the Council suspended the government's decision to interrupt broadcasting and shut down ERT's frequencies and ordered the Finance Minister and the minister responsible for media, signing the decision, to take "all necessary organisational measures for the continuation of transmission of broadcasting services and operation of internet websites by a public broadcaster for the period until the establishment and operation of a new operator that will serve the public's interest". In his ruling, the Council's President found that the government's decision violated Law 1730/1987 which requires "the contribution by a public broadcaster to informing, educating and entertaining the Greek people and the diaspora".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ste.gr/portal/page/portal/StE/ProsfatesApofaseis|title=Temporary Injunction of 17.6.2013 by the President of the Council of State (in Greek)|date=5 September 2013|publisher=www.ste.gr|access-date=5 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905025409/http://www.ste.gr/portal/page/portal/StE/ProsfatesApofaseis|archive-date=5 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Council's appellate division upheld the original Temporary Injunction three days later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ste.gr/portal/page/portal/StE/ProsfatesApofaseis|title=Decision of 20.6.2013 by the appellate division of the Council of State (in Greek)|date=5 September 2013|publisher=www.ste.gr|access-date=5 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905025409/http://www.ste.gr/portal/page/portal/StE/ProsfatesApofaseis|archive-date=5 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Until 24 October 2013, ERT's employees were able to offer the television programmes of NET (also simulcast in HD as ERT-HD) and ET3, and the radio programmes of ERA Athens-Thessaloniki and Third Programme through conventional means (analogue and digital TV, [[FM broadcasting|FM]], medium and shortwave radio broadcasts) as well as over the Internet. At approximately 18:11 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]], ERT lost their satellite capacity on the [[Astra 23.5°E]] satellite after successful lobbying by the Greek government to the capacity provider [[SES (company)|SES]]. That halted most conventional TV and radio broadcasts that received the feed from the satellite but did not affect the regional ERA affiliates that produced their programming locally, nor a large part of [[Athens]] which is served by a [[DVB-T]] [[transmitter]] located within the ERT HQ in Ayia Paraskevi. Web streaming was not affected at all.<ref name="ERT Sat Withdrawn">{{cite web|url=http://www.ertopen.com/news/item/7744-h-kybernhsh-katebase-to-doryforiko-shma-ths-ert|title=Η κυβέρνηση κατέβασε το δορυφορικό σήμα της ΕΡΤ|trans-title=The Government pulled ERT's satellite signal|date=24 October 2013|publisher=ertopen.com|access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref>

{{As of|2014|03|24}}, more than nine months after the decision to close down ERT, the striking workers still ran 17 radio stations (15 regional, two national) and a single TV channel (ET3), from the regional radio studios, and the ET3 Television Building in [[Thessaloniki]]. FM and AM transmissions continued throughout Greece with some interruptions and [[Shortwave radio|shortwave]] transmissions continued with weaker transmission power. All radio stations were also available as web streams. The TV channel was sporadically transmitted by conventional means (analogue transmitters in Thessaloniki) and was always available as a web stream.

In April 2015, the Hellenic Parliament approved the draft of re-opening ERT S.A. and also voted and approved the draft of re-opening this broadcaster.

As of 11 June 2015, ERT again started broadcasting, replacing NERIT.<ref>[https://www.in.gr/2015/06/11/culture/ksekinise-ti-leitoyrgia-tis-i-ert/ Ξεκίνησε τη λειτουργία της η ΕΡΤ]</ref>

===1938–2013===
ERT began broadcasting in 1938 as the Radio Broadcasting Service or YRE ({{lang|el|Υπηρεσία Ραδιοφωνικής Εκπομπής, ΥΡΕ}}), initially limited to radio services from [[Athens]], with the [[Athens Radio Station]] based in the [[Zappeion]]. During the [[Axis occupation of Greece]], the service was renamed as the Limited Hellenic Radio Company or AERE ({{lang|el|Ανώνυμη Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνική Εταιρεία, ΑΕΡΕ}}). After Liberation, in 1945 the service was reorganized as the [[National Radio Foundation]] or EIR ({{lang|el|Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας, ΕΙΡ}}), still based at Zappeion. The radio services were expanded to three national radio services as well as international radio services for emigrant Greeks. EIR was one of 23 founding broadcasting organizations of the [[European Broadcasting Union]] in 1950.

Test television broadcasts began in 1965 and full TV service began in 1966. In 1970, the company was renamed National Radio and Television Foundation or EIRT ({{lang|el|Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας-Τηλεόρασης, ΕΙΡΤ}}). In 1966, the [[Hellenic Armed Forces]] began their own TV station, the Armed Forces Television or TED ({{lang|el|Τηλεόρασις Ἐνόπλων Δυνάμεων, ΤΕΔ}}), renamed in 1970 as the [[Armed Forces Information Service]] or YENED ({{lang|el|Ὑπηρεσία Ἐνημερώσεως Ἐνόπλων Δυνάμεων, ΥΕΝΕΔ}}). Television was prominently used as a propaganda medium by the [[Greek junta]]. YENED kept its name and military orientation until the early 1980s, when it was renamed '''ERT2''' by the then [[PASOK]] government. On 1 September 1987, a third station was added – [[ERT3|ET3]], based in [[Thessaloniki]], with mostly regional programming focused on [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]] and the rest of [[Northern Greece]].

During the first 20 years of TV services in [[Greece]], ERT broadcasting was limited, starting at around 5{{nbsp}}pm to between midnight and 2{{nbsp}}am. Since 1997 the three ERT TV channels are known as ET1, NET and ET3, and broadcast round the clock. ET1 is an entertainment channel whereas NET is focused on news services. ET3 is still focused on Northern Greece issues, although it broadcasts nationwide.

ERT was a major national sponsor and the official broadcaster of the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic Games]] in Athens. It has been broadcasting the [[Olympic Games]] in Greece since the [[1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico City Games]] of 1968. It also broadcasts [[World Athletics|IAAF]] games while it is shown on privately owned channels mainly in the [[United States]]. Today it broadcasts documentaries, some from the private sector, and a few [[Animation|animated]] shows. With the introduction of independent privately owned channels in Greece in the late 1980s, programme quality changed to a more commercial variety, in order to survive the fierce competition for ratings. This was a major shift in the network's principles that was dominated by wider variety{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}, alleged "higher quality" programmes including documentaries and World Cinema.

On the 19th of August of 2011 the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation announced a planned restructuring of the company; ERT's main channels became [[ERT2|NET]] and [[ERT3|ET3]], while [[ERT1|ET1]] was incorporated into the program of NET and ET3. Additionally the digital channels Cine+ and Sport+ ceased broadcasting, and their programming were again incorporated into that of the company's two major domestic channels. [[ERT World]] also saw changes in its programming to reflect the needs of the [[Greek diaspora]] as identified by a survey conducted by ERT. The [[Minister of State (Greece)|Minister of State]] also said that the company would become ''public'' but no longer ''state-owned''.<ref name="Aneksartiti">{{cite web|url=http://www.ert.gr/index.php/eidiseis/ellada/koinwnia/16681-2011-08-19-09-02-38.html|title=Δημόσια και ανεξάρτητη ΕΡΤ|trans-title=A public and independent ERT|date=19 August 2011|publisher=www.ert.gr|access-date=19 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926231142/http://www.ert.gr/index.php/eidiseis/ellada/koinwnia/16681-2011-08-19-09-02-38.html|archive-date=26 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=June 2013}}

===Closure===
At 17:45 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] (UTC+3) on the 11th of June of 2013, the Greek spokesperson, Simos Kedikoglou, announced ERT would close by the end of the day. ERT shutdown caused the loss of jobs for 2,500 employees.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/12/ert-shutdown-european-broadcasting-union-makeshift-studio-greece|title=ERT shutdown: European Broadcasting Union sets up makeshift studio|last=O'Carroll|first=Lisa|date=2013-06-12|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-09-14|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

ERT was dissolved by a Common Ministerial Decision that was enacted by virtue of Article 14B of Law 3429/2005 (regarding the dissolution, merger and restructuring of public companies) as amended by an urgent government Legislative Ordinace (FEK 139/11.06.2013, Issue A').<ref>Article 44 of the Greek Constitution allows the President following a Cabinet proposal "under extraordinary circumstances of an urgent and unforeseeable need" to issue legislative ordinances which have immediate effect but must be submitted to Parliament within 40 days and ratified within three months following their submission.</ref> Despite running a budget surplus on income from a license fee outside the state budget, in a televised statement, Simos Kedikoglou, the minister responsible for media and the government's spokesperson, said that the ERT was a "haven of waste" that cost more and had fewer viewers than private stations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/11/state-broadcaster-ert-shut-down-greece|title=Greece shuts down state broadcaster in search for new savings|publisher=Guardian|date=12 June 2013|location=London}}</ref>

Later in the evening, some of ERT workers managed to continue the broadcasting via [[IBM Cloud Video|Ustream]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/12/greek-journalists-close-state-broadcaster-ert|title=Greek journalists defy government order to close state broadcaster|last=O'Carroll|first=Lisa|date=2013-06-12|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-09-14|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Police forced their way into at least one of the transmitting stations,{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} and all ERT transmitters were closed down around Greece, as was eventually the worldwide ERT World feed. Using satellite offices and other spaces that had not been closed down, ERT journalists continued to broadcast to the Internet.<ref>[http://international.radiobubble.gr/2013/06/the-shutdown-of-ert-live-blog-12-june.html The shutdown of ERT - Live blog 12 June 2013]</ref> The nearest ERT Transmitters to Athens closed at approximately 23:17 local time. 20 seconds later, channel 902TV (the communist party channel) retransmits the ERT signal, although a few minutes later, the Greek government called Digea, the digital television service, to close the signal [902's] due to rebroadcasting the signal without permission, and so 902 was closed for a period of time. This action was deemed unacceptable by most Greek citizens due to the Greek Government shutting down ERT without consulting the National Council of Radio and Television, the official body of Radio and Television in Greece.

On the 12th of June at noon local time, the AS and IP range of ERT,{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} the official domain names "ert.gr", "ert3.gr", and "voiceofgreece.gr" were cancelled in the Greek Internet registry, meaning that live broadcasts on the Internet (ERT LIVE) have stopped, as well as the publication of all news articles. Emails sent to the broadcasters are no longer delivered. Other Internet assets registered by ERT are at risk of being closed (because their owner and contact address are no longer valid), notably the official [[Facebook]] page and [[Twitter]] account. ERT LIVE is relayed by other sites, such as the University of Greece.<ref>[http://university-greece.blogspot.com/2013/06/live.html ERT LIVE] relayed by the University of Greece, on Blogspot. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130615012214/http://www.sevenart.gr/news-detail.php?catid=2&id=2872 ERT LIVE] relayed on the Internet by SevenArt.gr. Also [https://web.archive.org/web/20130615171309/http://www.thepressproject.gr/live/44219/Louketo-stin-ERT ERT LIVE] on ThePressProject.gr providing the feed. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.</ref>

The European Broadcasting Union was quick to criticise the closure, issuing a statement the same evening where they expressed "profound dismay on behalf of Europe's entire public service media" and urged the prime minister to reverse the decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ebu.ch/news/2013/06/ebu-urges-greek-government-to-re|title=EBU urges Greek government to reverse decision on ERT|publisher=EBU|date=11 June 2013}}</ref> The EBU made the ERT stream available on satellite to its members, declaring as well that "to be in the EBU, you must be a broadcaster, and so we will continue keeping ERT on the EBU council" as said by the director, Ingrid Delterne.

Alexis Tsipras, the leftwing opposition leader, who would later become Prime Minister, expressed dismay in regards of ERT's shutdown and described it as "illegal".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/12/greek-journalists-close-state-broadcaster-ert|title=Greek journalists defy government order to close state broadcaster|last=O'Carroll|first=Lisa|date=2013-06-12|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-09-14|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===NERIT===
{{main|New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television}}
On the 12th of June in 2013 a Greek government spokesperson, Simos Kedikoglou, announced the formation of a new public service broadcaster, [[New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television]]. The company's services were expected to launch on 29 August 2013.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130615015511/http://www.euronews.com/2013/06/12/the-next-day-of-ert/ ERT: the day after]</ref> The service provider employed between 1,000 and 1,200 and was funded by advertising and tax contributions.

Prior to its launch on television, a temporary state television broadcaster known as [[Dimosia Tileorasi]] (English: Public Television) launched on 10 July 2013 on the frequencies of ERT, launching as Elliniki Dimosia Tileorasi (English: Greek Public Television). It was closed on 4 May 2014, in order for it to be replaced by NERIT.

===Relaunch of ERT===
In 2015, the government, under Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, restored ERT as Greece's public broadcaster and NERIT ceased broadcasting on 11 June 2015, at 6:00 EEST.

==Services==
===Radio===
{{For|more information|Hellenic Radio}}
ERT broadcast radio programmes under the name of '''[[Hellenic Radio]]''', since 1988. Under this name, ERT broadcasts four national radio services:

*[[First Programme (ERT)|First Programme]] (Πρώτο Πρόγραμμα), is primarily a news-oriented station, with some current affairs and talk programming.
*[[Second Programme (ERT)|Second Programme]] (Δεύτερο Πρόγραμμα) is primarily a Greek music station.
*[[Third Programme (ERT)|Third Programme]] (Τρίτο Πρόγραμμα) is more of a classical music/arts & culture station (with some drama thrown in).
*[[ERA Sport]] a sports-oriented station, with regular news every hour and sports news every half-hour. During the late night hours most ERA programmes aired a common night program.
*[[Kosmos 93.6]] is primarily a world music (ethnic, soul, jazz, etc.) station.
*[[Voice of Greece]] (ERA 5) is an international audience [[shortwave radio]] station. Under the name of the ERA International Network, Voice of Greece and some ERA domestic programmes were rebroadcast on AM and FM stations throughout the globe. 
*[[102 FM]] is the news station for the city of [[Thessaloniki]].
*[[95.8 FM (Greece)|95.8 FM]] is the music and cultural station for [[Thessaloniki]].
*{{ill|Zeppelin 106.7|el}} is the new rock music station.

Former, discontinued channels:
*[[Trito Programma Vrahea]], [[ERT3 (studio)|ERT3]]'s global radio station.
*{{ill|Philia 106.7|el|Φιλία 106.7}}, radio station for immigrants in Greece.

For regional audiences, ERT has 19 regional stations with relays. The regional station in Macedonia was the only one with two separate programme streams and a shortwave service. The interval signal for all ERA programmes are several opening bars of the folk song "Tsopanakos Imouna" (Once I Was A Shepherd Boy).

===Television===
====Current channels====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Name/Logo
! Type
! Launched
! Description
|-
|[[File:ERT1 logo 2020.svg|84x84px|center|link=ERT1]]
|rowspan="4"|Free-to-air
|23 February 1966<br/>11 June 2015 (relaunch)
|[[ERT1]] is the generalist channel. ERT1 broadcasts the news at 10:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:00, 21:00 and 00:00. ERT1 transmits a series of live news and current affairs programmes round the clock. Also, ERT1 broadcasts old Greek movies, gameshows, different series and late night talk shows. In weekends, the channel broadcasts different documentaries and shows in the afternoons. On Saturdays, ERT1 broadcasts music shows at 22:00 and on Sunday at the same time, the channel broadcasts a sports show.
|-
|[[File:ERT2 logo 2020.svg|84x84px|center|link=ERT2]]
|27 February 1966<br/>11 June 2015 (relaunch)
|[[ERT2]] (as a continuation of the former ET1) is the entertainment channel of ERT. It transmits a range of disappeared shows from ERT archives, documentary, artistic shows, cartoons and dramatic series.
|-
|[[File:ERT3 logo 2020.svg|84x84px|center|link=ERT3]]
|14 December 1988 (as ET3)<br/>29 June 2015 (as ERT3)
|[[ERT3]] is ERT's only channel which does not broadcast from Athens, but from [[Thessaloniki]]. The channel's programme contains short news bulletins every hour and two main longer editions at 13:00 and 19:00. Its program is mainly focused on culture and regional issues.
|-
|[[File:ERT NEWS 2025.svg|84x84px|center]]
|3 March 2022 (test phase)<br/>5 September 2022 (official broadcasts)
|{{ill|ERT News|el|ΕΡΤ News}} is the main news and current affairs channel. It broadcasts on the former frequency of [[Deutsche Welle]].
|-
|[[File:ERTSPORTS logo 2020.svg|84x84px|center|link=ERT Sports]]
|Hybrid
|27 April 2011 (as ERT HD)<br/>{{nowrap|9 February 2019 (as ERT Sports)}}
|[[ERT Sports]] is a series of five public hybrid channels that broadcast 24-hour sport programme via ERTFLIX platform.
|-
|[[File:ChannelLogo-ERTWORLD1.png|84x84px|center|link=ERT World]]
|Satellite
|1996<br/>3 May 2016 (relaunch)
|[[ERT World]] is compendium of all ERT programming via [[Satellite television|satellite]], mainly intended for the [[Greek diaspora]].
|}

====Former discontinued channels====
*[[ERT Digital#Cine+|Cine+]] – movies (part of [[ERT Digital]]).
*[[ERT Digital#Sport+|Sport+]] – sports (part of [[ERT Digital]]).
*[[ERT Digital#Prisma+|Prisma+]] – program for hearing impaired (part of [[ERT Digital]]).
*[[ERT Digital#Cine+|Studio+]] – music (part of [[ERT Digital]] in association with [[MAD TV (TV channel)|MAD TV]]).
*[[ERT Digital#Info+|Info+]] – news and current affairs (part of [[ERT Digital]]).
*Cinesport+ – merger of Cine+ and Sport+.

===Internet===
*[https://www.ert.gr/ www.ert.gr] is the ERT's official website.
*ERT Play is the internet channel of ERT which started broadcasting on 28 January 2017. It is not a 24-hour channel, and is used to broadcast competitions when the 4 main channels can't broadcast any event (especially [[Olympic Games]]). The first programme that was broadcast is the presentation of Demy for [[Eurovision Song Contest 2017|Eurovision 2017]].
*[https://www.ertflix.gr/ www.ertflix.gr] is ERT's movie and television series streaming platform. It also live streams ERT's channels and has all of ERT's TV transmissions.
*[https://mousikasynola.ert.gr/ mousikasynola.ert.gr] is the website of its Music Ensembles.
*[https://www.ertnews.gr/ www.ertnews.gr] is the ERT's news website.
*[https://www.ertsports.gr/ www.ertsports.gr] is the ERT's sports website.
*[https://vog.ert.gr/ vog.ert.gr] is the Voice of Greece's website.

===Music Ensembles===
ERT is also home to three music ensembles:
*National Symphony Orchestra
*Contemporary Music Orchestra
*Hellenic Radio Choir

The music ensembles' broadcast is called Protos Orofos (First Floor) and aires on the [[Third Programme (ERT)|Third Programme]] every Saturday at 14:30.

==Programming==
{{Further|List of programs broadcast by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation}}

==Funding==
ERT is mainly funded by a license fee, which is also paid with the electricity bill (along with other applicable taxes) which represents the vast majority of resources in the public group. The fee was 4.74 euros per month in 2013, equal to 56.88 euros annually, but was reduced to 3 euros per month upon the launch of ERT. It is not connected with actual ownership of a TV set.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

There are modest grants from the government for contributing to educational public missions. However, since 2008, some commercial resources from advertisers (even though the channels have lost significant parts of audiences) and the economic crisis in Greece has severely impacted the profitability of advertising and of commercial cooperation for the joint production of programs, as well as the collection of license fees on electricity bills.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

==Corporate identity==
The opening bars of ''Tsopanakos Imouna'' ({{langx|el|Τσοπανάκος ήμουνα}}) is ERT's corporate [[theme music]], as well as their [[interval signal]] on radio.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kernick|first1=David|title=Greece|url=https://www.intervalsignals.net/Countries/greece.htm|website=Interval Signals Online|access-date=21 August 2025}}</ref>

ERT is the holder of the biggest [https://archive.ert.gr/ audiovisual archive] in Greece, which includes also significant moments of [[History of modern Greece|modern Greek history]].

==Logo history==
<gallery widths="180">
File:ΕΡΤ1-1986.png|3 December 1975 – 11 August 1987
File:ΕΡΤ logo.svg|2002 – 7 June 2008
File:EPT logo.svg|7 June 2008 – 28 September 2020
File:ERT logo 2020.svg|28 September 2020 – present
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portalbar|Greece|Television}}
*[[List of Greek-language television channels]]
*[[List of radio stations in Greece]]
*[[Television in Greece]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Ignatidou, Sophia. "[https://us.cnn.com/2013/06/14/opinion/greece-broadcaster-closes-ignatidou/ Why closing Greek broadcaster is make or break moment]." (Opinion) ''[[CNN]]''. 14 June 2013.

===Related legislation===
*Formation of ERT: {{cite journal
|ref=et-a-1975
|title=Law No. 230 of 1975
|journal=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]
|date=3 December 1975
|volume=A
|issue=272
|pages=2029–2032
|access-date=11 June 2015
|publisher=National Printing House
|location=Athens
|language=el
|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGIc9CeQB02P3dtvSoClrL8oc_Y0zxAXyV5MXD0LzQTLWPU9yLzB8V68knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx9hLslJUqeiQ-qzQ92l8CxgxHBAW4ab5mX-Yi_CZxbbx4LPiI429Q28.<!-- Links at the National Printing House are not very user friendly, sorry.-->}}
*Abolition of ERT: {{cite journal
|ref=et-b-2013
|title=Ministerial Decision No. 2 of 11 June 2013
|journal=Government Gazette
|date=11 June 2013
|volume=B
|issue=1414
|pages=21335–21336
|access-date=11 June 2013
|publisher=National Printing House
|location=Athens
|language=el
|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wEaosRGzKxO6XdtvSoClrL89ciLegIW2m5_zJjLAILKFuJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsrXO7NBlDOanexKCU5_HKOpc4qi_MtssrhvltlElBStY.}}
*Reformation of ERT: {{cite journal
|ref=et-a-2015
|title=Law No. 4324 of 2015
|journal=Government Gazette
|date=29 April 2015
|volume=A
|issue=44
|pages=385–393
|access-date=11 June 2015
|publisher=National Printing House
|location=Athens
|language=el
|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wE4q6ggiv8WTXdtvSoClrL8ES5crdlkS9btIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FI8B6eik285cg1tlN2AWfwoZP-4EczjM86k-y9i-cFaSs.}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{Official website|https://www.ert.gr/}} {{in lang|el}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://int.ert.gr ERT International] {{in lang|en}} (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/http://www.ert3.gr/ ET3] {{in lang|el}} (archived)
*[https://company.ert.gr/ Company website] {{in lang|el}}
*[https://www.ertecho.gr/ Live ERA Radio]

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