{"id":7076,"date":"2013-08-19T22:34:33","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T02:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7076"},"modified":"2013-08-19T22:34:33","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T02:34:33","slug":"a-petition-to-keep-erts-satellite-and-internet-feed-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/a-petition-to-keep-erts-satellite-and-internet-feed-live\/","title":{"rendered":"A petition to keep ERT&#8217;s satellite and Internet feed live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.avaaz.org\/en\/petition\/ERT_is_the_Greek_Public_Radio_Television_The_interim_DT_is_a_legal_ghost\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7077\" alt=\"NoSignalERT\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/NoSignalERT-300x150.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/NoSignalERT-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/NoSignalERT-100x50.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/NoSignalERT.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In response to <a title=\"The EBU to discontinue ERT broadcasts\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/the-ebu-to-discontinue-ert-broadcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">our previous post<\/a> regarding the European Broadcasting Union&#8217;s plan to cut (Greek national broadcaster) ERT&#8217;s satellite and Internet feed,\u00a0Panagiotis Koustas comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Avaaz Petition\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.avaaz.org\/en\/petition\/ERT_is_the_Greek_Public_Radio_Television_The_interim_DT_is_a_legal_ghost\/\" target=\"_blank\">There is a petition in Avaaz.org for that matter.<\/a>\u00a0Check it [out], please&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The petition reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>EBU just announced that ERT&#8217;s signal will go off air on Wednesday. We, as concerned citizens of the EU ask the President of EBU not to add a &#8220;second black screen&#8221; to the &#8220;first black screen&#8221; by the Greek Government and keep the ERT&#8217;s signal alive through EBU&#8217;s satellites.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a member of the EU, <a title=\"Petition\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.avaaz.org\/en\/petition\/ERT_is_the_Greek_Public_Radio_Television_The_interim_DT_is_a_legal_ghost\/\" target=\"_blank\">you can sign this petition at Avaaz.org<\/a>. <em>Thanks for apprising us of this, Panagiotis.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to our previous post regarding the European Broadcasting Union&#8217;s plan to cut (Greek national broadcaster) ERT&#8217;s satellite and Internet feed,\u00a0Panagiotis Koustas comments: There is a petition in Avaaz.org for that matter.\u00a0Check it [out], please&#8230; The petition reads: EBU just announced that ERT&#8217;s signal will go off air on Wednesday. We, as concerned citizens [&hellip;]<\/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":[2089,2091,1974,2090,800],"class_list":["post-7076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ebu","tag-ebu-petition","tag-ert-cuts","tag-european-broadcasting-union","tag-voice-of-greece"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Q8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7073,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/the-ebu-to-discontinue-ert-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":7076,"position":0},"title":"The EBU to discontinue ERT broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"August 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The transition from ERT to\u00a0New Hellenic Radio is underway and the European Broadcasting Union will cease broadcasting ERT over the Internet and satellite. 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