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ERT1 is the main national channel of Greece's public broadcaster, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), based in Athens. It carries the evening news, drama, documentaries, entertainment and sport, and its schedule is published by the broadcaster itself.

A broadcaster shut down and rebuilt

ERT was closed by the Greek government in June 2013 and its signal cut, an act that drew wide criticism at home and abroad. It reopened in June 2015 as a new public company with the same frequencies and most of the same staff, and it has since rebuilt its schedule around a family of channels: ERT1, ERT2, ERT3 in Thessaloniki, ERT News and the children's service.

Ειδήσεις and the evening line-up

The channel's day is built on the news bulletins, with the evening edition the most watched. Drama series, Greek films, documentary strands and entertainment formats such as TV Land and #Παρέα fill the rest of the schedule.

Sport and rights restrictions

ERT holds rights to major sporting events, including the Olympic Games and Greek league fixtures, and these are the programmes most often restricted when the channel is received from outside Greece — a rights limitation rather than a technical one.

Public service in a crowded market

Greece's private channels dominate ratings, and ERT's remit includes the obligations a commercial broadcaster will not carry: regional output through ERT3, cultural programming, children's content and coverage of parliament. Its funding comes from a levy on electricity bills rather than advertising alone.

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