Echo TV

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Echo TV
Country Hungary
Broadcast areaHungary
HeadquartersAngol Street 65-69,
Budapest, 1149
Programming
Language(s) Hungarian
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerEcho Hungária TV Zrt
(part of Talentis Group)
History
LaunchedSeptember 15, 2005;19 years ago (2005-09-15)
ClosedMarch 31, 2019;5 years ago (2019-03-31)
Links
Website www.echotv.hu

Echo TV was a Christian-conservative [1] Hungarian television channel owned and operated by Echo Hungária TV Zrt, [1] and founded in 2005 to cover business news. [2] Later focusing on news broadcasting and public affairs, it was known as a supporter of Fidesz and KDNP. [3]

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Echo TV was founded as a business news channel in 2005 [4] at the initiative of Gábor Széles, the 4th richest man of Hungary (as of 2017) and the head of Videoton and Ikarus Bus. [2] Széles had only days previously purchased Hungary's daily Magyar Hírlap ; the acquisition of both stations helped Széles establish a major media presence in Hungary. [5] Széles reportedly spent two billion Hungarian forints in creating Echo TV. [6]

In 2006 Echo TV became a media partner of Feratel media technologies AG, based in Austria. [7]

Gábor Széles sold Echo TV to Fidesz-backed businessman and oligarch Lőrinc Mészáros on December 2, 2016. [2]

On December 4, 2017, the whole channel was renewed. [8] Echo TV ceased operations on March 31, 2019. Its staff and technical equipment were integrated into Hír TV, which had returned as a pro-government media portfolio after the 2018 parliamentary election. [9]

Association with far-right politics

According to Le Monde , Echo TV was a forum favored among neofascists in Hungary. [10]

After the 2010 election in Hungary, Echo TV displayed an image of Imre Kertész, a Hungarian survivor of Auschwitz and nobel laureate, alongside a voiceover about rats. [11] Sándor Pörzse was a well-known host for Echo TV before helping to found Jobbik's paramilitary organization the "Hungarian Guard," later banned by the Hungarian Government. [12] Sándor Pörzse was removed from the Echo TV in 2009. [13]

One of Echo TV's better known broadcasters was Ferenc Szaniszló, known for his racist and anti-Semitic statements. [10] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] In 2011, Hungary's media regulator fined Echo 500,000 Forints after Szaniszló compared Roma people to "monkeys". [19]

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References

  1. 1 2 HAZÁNK LEGFRISSEBB TELEVÍZIÓJA LETT A KERESZTÉNY-KONZERVATÍV ECHO - András Kárpáti - Magyar Idők
  2. 1 2 3 Nemzeti erők egyesítése: Új tulajdonosa van az Echo Televíziónak - Tamás Pindroch - Magyar Hírlap
  3. ↑ Új tulajdonosa van az Echo TV-nek - Magyar Idők
  4. ↑ "Rövidesen indul az ECHO TV". 3 June 2005. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Gábor Széles buys daily Magyar Hirlap". MTI Econews. 19 September 2005.
  6. ↑ "Széles to Start TV Channel". EASTBUSINESS.ORG. 1 December 2005.
  7. ↑ "Ots news: feratel media technologies AG". AWP OTS. 22 December 2006.
  8. ↑ PÁLYÁRA ÁLL A MEGÚJULÓ ECHO TV - Attila Borsodi - Magyar Idők
  9. ↑ Megszűnt az Echo TV, ám a Hír TV dolgozóit bocsátották el
  10. 1 2 Stolz, Joelle (29 March 2012). "Prime au fascisme en Hongrie". M - Le Monde. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Budapest Experiences A New Wave of Hate". Spiegel Online International. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  12. ↑ Oehmke, Philipp (16 December 2011). "Hungary's Right-Wing War on Culture". Spiegel Online International.
  13. ↑ "Ki védi meg az Echo Tv-t?". 20 March 2011.
  14. ↑ "Tancsics Prize returned". 24 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
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