Digital television in Greece
- Digital television in Greece
In January 2006, ERT launched free-to-air Digital Terrestrial Television (DVB-T) with three "pilot" channels called Prisma+, Cine+ and Sport+, collectively branded as ERT Digital. The first channel, Prisma+, is targeted at disabled persons, Cine+ broadcasts movies, and Sport+ broadcasts a sports program.
A set-top box is all that is required to view these channels, as Greeks subsidize state television channels by means of a mandatory fee on electric bills. For the initial two years, programs were slated to last 6 to 10 hours each day, however Cine+ has already started offering a 22 hour program.
ERT is planning to make its own digital productions in order to deliver a 24 hour program for all three channels. As of March 2006 at least 65% of the Greek population is able to view DTT. ERT's three main television channels (ET1, Net, and ET3) are not yet broadcast digitally. A fourth channel, the Cypriot national channel's satellite program RIK sat, is retransmitted on digital together with the three ERT Digital channels on the same frequency.
As of June 2008, no private television stations in Greece have started broadcasting on a digital terrestrial signal.
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