Country | Greece |
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Broadcast area | Europe North America North Africa Australia New Zealand Middle East Cyprus Africa Asia |
Headquarters | Broadcasting House (Athens), Greece |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Greek |
Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | ERT |
Sister channels | ERT1 ERT2 ERT3 ERT News |
History | |
Launched | 1996 3 May 2016 (relaunch) |
Former names | ERT Sat (1996–2006) |
Links | |
Website | ERT World |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Cyprus DTV (FTA) | All over Cyprus in local frequencies |
Streaming media | |
ERTflix | Watch live |
ERT World (formerly ERT SAT) is a Greek free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (Greek: EPT – Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση). It is the corporation's international television service, and its programming includes a mix of news, discussion-based programmes, drama, documentaries, entertainment shows as well as sports coverage including live games from Greece's top football league, Super League Greece.
As of June 12, 2013, was disestablished under an order of the Greek Government, as part of austerity measures, along with all of ERT's former TV and radio channels; ET1, NET, ET3, ERT World and the radios ceased to operate from the morning of Wednesday 12 June. As of 3 May 2016, ERT world broadcasts again on Europe.