{"id":6720,"date":"2013-06-17T19:11:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T23:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6720"},"modified":"2013-06-17T19:12:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T23:12:59","slug":"court-orders-greek-national-tv-and-radio-ert-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/court-orders-greek-national-tv-and-radio-ert-to-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"Court orders Greek National TV and Radio, ERT to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Though the Voice of Greece has only been off the air very little, this court order will allow them to legally broadcast again:<\/p>\n

(Source: Reuters<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A Greek court ruled that shuttered state broadcaster ERT must reopen immediately, a court official said on Monday, offering the squabbling ruling coalition a way out of a political crisis over the station’s abrupt closure.<\/p>\n

The ruling – which ordered ERT switched back on until a restructured public broadcaster is launched – came six day[s] after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras took it off air in the name of austerity and public sector layoffs to please foreign lenders.<\/p>\n

The ruling appeared to vindicate Samaras’s stance that a leaner, cheaper public broadcaster must be set up but also allowed for ERT’s immediate reopening as his coalition partners had demanded, offering all three a way out of an impasse that had raised the specter of snap polls.<\/p>\n

“It appears that the interim decision of the top administrative court gives the three leaders an opportunity to find a face-saving formula,” said Theodore Couloumbis of the ELIAMEP think-tank.<\/p>\n

A live feed of ERT – whose journalists have continued broadcasting over the Internet in defiance of orders – showed workers breaking into applause on hearing the court ruling. ERT’s Symphony Orchestra began an outdoor concert outside its headquarters, playing an old news jingle to cheering supporters.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been here seven nights and this is the first time I’ve seen people smile,” said Eleni Hrona, an ERT reporter outside the headquarters.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full story at Reuters.<\/a>\u00a0Many thanks to Zach for the tip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though the Voice of Greece has only been off the air very little, this court order will allow them to legally broadcast again: (Source: Reuters) A Greek court ruled that shuttered state broadcaster ERT must reopen immediately, a court official said on Monday, offering the squabbling ruling coalition a way out of a political crisis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,43],"tags":[1974,1976,801,800,1975],"class_list":["post-6720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ert-cuts","tag-ert-greece","tag-vog","tag-voice-of-greece","tag-voice-of-greece-cuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Ko","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6867,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/ert-still-broadcasting-while-greek-public-television-edt-emerges\/","url_meta":{"origin":6720,"position":0},"title":"ERT still broadcasting while Greek Public Television (EDT) emerges","author":"Thomas","date":"July 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I have recorded hours of the Voice of Greece on shortwave since they were supposed to shutdown weeks ago. 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