Alpha TV
| Alpha TV | |
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| Launched | 27 September 1999 |
| Owned by | Dimitris Kontominas (100%) |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 |
| Audience share | 15,5% (6/10/2014 to 12/10/2014, AGB) |
| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
| Broadcast area | Internationally |
| Replaced |
Skai A-Sky |
| Website | www.alphatv.gr |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| DIGEA | Channel 46, 24 |
| Satellite | |
| NOVA Greece | Channel 109 |
| OTE TV | Channel 110 |
Alpha TV is a Greek terrestrial channel. With Antenna tv is one of the two biggest tv stations in Greece, after the collapse of Mega channel,due to fiancial problems . The station features a mix of Greek and foreign shows with an emphasis on information. The studios are located near Athens. Alpha TV is owned by Alpha Satellite Television S.A. 100% shareholder of which is the Alpha Media Group Ltd., a member of the DEMCO Group of Companies. In Cyprus, private broadcaster Sigma TV broadcasts a number of Alpha TV's programmes. In the past, public service broadcaster CyBC used to broadcast Alpha TV programmes.
When the channel was called Skai TV, was written using Greek letters. It was Latinized and changed to a blue font in 1999, when Kontominas bought it from Ioannis Alafouzos. In September 1999, it became Alpha-Sky before changing to its present name in October of the same year. The logo was retained despite the changes in the channel's name. In 2006, the logo was changed to Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, to reflect the channel's popularity. The font letters in 2003 changed and a circle was added over Alpha, but the two As (alphas) remain. In 2005, a new version was introduced and is coloured with red. The logo and was updated prior to the launch of the 2007-2008 season.
In September 2008, Dimitris Kontominas sold a majority share (66.6%) of Alpha TV and Alpha Radio to Luxembourg media company RTL Group. Kontominas will continue to be involved with Alpha as he still owns 33.4% and has been named president of the new holding company called Alpha Media Group.
In March 2009, the company made significant changes to the news programming output. The afternoon news show has been cut to 15 minutes in duration and now airs at 13:00. The main evening news has also moved from the highly competitive slot of 20:00 and instead broadcasts at 19:00.
On 5 January 2012, RTL Group announced that they had reached an agreement to sell their share to minority owner Dimitris Kontominas, making him once again full owner of the channel. The deal was finalized by the end of the first quarter of 2012, and in March 2013, Bertelsmann said that they had divested Alpha TV.
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