Alter Channel
| Alter Channel | |
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| Launched | 1990 |
| Closed | 26 January 2012 (NOVA) 10 February 2012 (analog & digital) 26 April 2012 (in building the station was operating) November 2012 (OTE TV via Conn-X) 11 October 2013 (the sealed building ALTER Channel) |
| Owned by | Free Television S.A. |
| Picture format | 4:3 (576i, SDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.1% (a) 11.4% (b) (19/12/2011 - 25/12/2011 (a) 4/10/2010 - 10/10/2010 (b), AGB) |
| Country | Greece |
| Formerly called | Channel 5 (1990-2000) |
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| DVB-T | Channel 46, 24 |
| Alter Channel workers' occupation | |
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| Date | 30 November 2011 – present |
| Location | Greece |
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Alter Channel, better known as Alter, was a private TV channel in Greece. It launched in 1990 and was owned by Eleftheri Tileorasi S.A and was headed by Andreas Kouris. Programming mainly consisted of news, current affairs shows and entertainment programmes. Alter featured popular news anchor Nikos Hadjinikolaou, morning show host Giorgos Aftias & controversial but popular investigative reporter Makis Triantafyllopoulos. Alter also aired the award-winning program Fos Sto Tounel (Light in the Tunnel), a program that tracked down missing persons. It also features a strong lineup of children's programming that airs daily. In 2011, Alter dealt with serious economical problems and in early December 2011 it stopped broadcasting due to financial difficulties.
On November 11, 2011, unpaid Alter employees re-occupied the station, taking over the transmission and broadcasting screens with their demands. The workers refused to return to their jobs, not accepting the rescue plan which was presented by the station owner George Kouris. Alter employees produced and transmitted their own programme from January 1 until February 10, 2012, at which point both terrestrial and satellite transmissions ceased. The programme featured interviews with unemployed Greeks, unpaid workers, striking workers of the Greek steel industry, unpaid employees of newspaper Eleftherotypia, economist Dimitris Kazakis (who referred to the imposition of new measures by the government Papademos), the chairman of power company union GENOP, Nikos Fotopoulos, and former broadcast journalist John Kanelakis. Presenters of the show were George Filippakis and Akrivi Kirikou.
Also broadcast at this time were the documentaries Debtocracy (Chreokratia), and W4 Crisis (Women of the crisis), which referred to the economic crisis and the Greek debt. The solidarity concert at the indoor basketball court of Peristeri was also broadcast on Monday, January 30, 2012.
In April 2012, the major shareholder of ALTER George Kouris started negotiations with Israeli investors, who wanted to financially support the channel.
The original logo used by Alter Channel, which lasted for just one year, featured a swirl type symbol in red at the top and the words 'Alter Channel' below in blue. The channel simply used the word 'Alter' as its logo.
Alter shows include:
Alter Globe is the international network of Alter Channel that broadcasts 'the best of Alter' to audiences in North America and Australia. The channel launched in August 2005 in the USA on Dish Network and in December 2005 in Australia on UBI World TV. In September 2007 it switched platforms in the USA from Dish Network to DirecTV. On April 1, 2011, Alter Globe was removed from the DirecTV platform along with all other Greek channels that were carried by the service. On October 1, 2011, Alter Globe re-launched in the US on the Home2US platform.
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