One Channel (Greece)

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One Channel
One Channel Logo 2019.png
Country Greece
Broadcast areaGreece
Affiliates Mega Channel
HeadquartersPiraeus 131 Central office
Grava school complex
Athens, Greece
Programming
Language(s)Greek
Picture format 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 aspect ratio 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerAttica Television S.A.
History
Launched2 May 2019
(Online)
23 May 2019
(Satellite and IPTV)
1 November 2022
(Regional free-to-air)
Replaced Channel 9
Links
Website www.onechannel.gr
Availability
Terrestrial
Digea Channel 30 (Ymittos, Parnitha, Aegina, Oktonia, Prasino, Chalcis, Avlonas, Vari, Nea Stira, Lavrio, Anavyssos, Sounion, Nea Makri, Darditsa)

One Channel is a Greek private television channel broadcasting from Athens. [1]

History

On 2 September 2016, Vangelis Marinakis, owner of Alter Ego Media won one of the four national television licenses auctioned in Greece after spending EUR 73.8m in a highly unusual competitive bidding process. [2] On 29 September, the company patented the name and the logo of the network. [3] [4] After the auction was canceled, the network lost its licence and didn't launch.

Alter Ego didn't participate in the second auction for the seven television licenses (2017–2018), because the company had recently bought Lambrakis Press Group on 31 May 2017, [5] which owned 22% of the shares of Mega Channel. On 18 October 2018, it tried to buy one of the last two remaining TV licenses for 3,5m €.

Due to the elections that took place in the country, the network wanted to cover the event. The channel took a temporary licence on 10 June. By the end of August, One Channel started producing network programming with the addition of well-known Greek journalists.

The first broadcast of the channel was on 17 April 2019, via the news site In.gr, initially for the coverage of the presentation of Giannis Moralis, candidate for mayor of Piraeus.

The first official broadcast was on 2 May, via its official site and on 23 May started broadcasting via satellite and IPTV on Nova and Cosmote TV.

One Channel is the official television license holder and was initially expected to start broadcasting digitally on November 11, 2019. [6] [7] However, a few days ago (on November 1), the company acquired by auction, from Teletypos S.A., the Mega Channel branding, logo and vast program library, submitting a bid of 33,999,999 euros. The company, after the purchase of the station as a whole, reopened Mega Channel, on a trial basis on February 11, 2020, while its normal program started 6 days later. [8] [9] From November 1, 2022, it also broadcasts terrestrial digital, being a regional channel replacing Channel 9.

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References

  1. Clapson, Sarah (9 May 2019). "Evangelos Marinakis' big launch receives 'positive feedback'". nottinghampost.com.
  2. Τηλεοπτικές άδειες: Αυτοί είναι οι νέοι καναλάρχες – Δείτε τα επίσημα αποτελέσματα Newsbomb.gr, 2 September 2016. In Greek
  3. Και το όνομα αυτού... One Channel για τον Μαρινάκη e-tetradio.gr, 26 October 2016. In Greek
  4. Αυτό είναι το όνομα και το λογότυπο του καναλιού του Μαρινάκη tvxs.gr, 26 October 2017. In Greek
  5. Στον εφοπλιστή Βαγγέλη Μαρινάκη ο ΔΟΛ Τυπολογίες, 31 May 2017. In Greek
  6. Πήρε άδεια πανελλαδικής εμβέλειας το One Channel του Μαρινάκη Ελεύθερος Τύπος. In Greek
  7. Πότε κάνει πανελλαδική πρεμιέρα το One Channel DailyMedia. In Greek
  8. Στον Μαρινάκη το MEGA με 34 εκατομμύρια ευρώ - Παίρνει σήμα και ταινιοθήκη huffingtonpost, 1 November 2019. In Greek
  9. Στην Alter Ego η ταινιοθήκη και το σήμα του Mega enikonomia, 1 November 2019. In Greek