Open TV, formerly Epsilontv, is a Greek
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...
television station, based in
Paiania
Paiania (, , before 1915: Λιόπεσι - ''Liopesi'', ; Arvanitika: Λοπε̱σ romanized: Lopës) is a town and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. It is an eastern suburb of Athens, located east of Mount Hymettus. It is 11 km east of ...
,
East Attica
East Attica () is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the eastern part of the urban agglomeration of Athens, and also the rural area to its east.
Administration
The regional unit East ...
.
History
It belonged to Radio-television S.A. which was sold from
Communist Party of Greece
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to the Cypriot
offshore company
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* a company, group or sometimes a division thereof, which engages in offshoring business proce ...
A-Orizon Media Ltd. under contract came on 31 July 2013, and replaced the 902 channel. The operation began on 11 September 2013, at 00:10 with broadcast ''Entertainment Gossip News'' with presenter Maria Louisa Vourou.
The first station's newscast sent out the same day at 19:30 pm, with main presenter journalist George Karameros. Since October 2013 the channel has a full schedule, including Press News, information, entertainment, cultural and sports programs. George Tragas for a few months showed the program ''State of Siege'' and subsequently ''Restricted Area''. Also presented program ''Without Anesthetic'' and ''Sniper''. Since September 2014, the main news program has been presented by Lina Klitou. In 2017, the channel was sold to
Ivan Savvidis.
Filippos Vrionis was the former owner.
Broadcasting signaling
The E Channel began broadcasting from its platform Digea on 11 September 2013. On 22 November 2013 the channel joined the Cable platform
Nova Greece
Nova Telecommunications & Media S.M.S.A. is a Greek telecommunications company which provides broadband, television, mobile and fixed services. It also offers satellite services in Cyprus. It was traded on the Athens Exchange until its delisti ...
at position 114 and
Nova Cyprus at position 613 and from 15 December 2014, and joined the Cable platform of
Cosmote TV
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*Cosmote TV via OTT – Streaming platform
*Cosmote TV via Satellite – Satellite tele ...
at position 111. On the afternoon of 8 March 2016 officially launched the E Channel to broadcast in high definition (HD). Also, old Epsilon TV has been working with Greek
New Epsilon TV,
Extra Channel and Cypriot
Plus TV.
Controversies
The Open TV program "Ευτυχείτε" (''Eutixeite'', lit. "happenings") and its host Katerina Kainourgiou were criticized due to her and the show's guests ridiculing South Korean pop singers
Oh Se-hun
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,
Kang Daniel
Kang Daniel (; born Kang Eui-geon, December 10, 1996), stylized as KANGDANIEL, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, actor, television host, and businessman who rose to fame in early 2017 as the first-place winner of the Produce 101 Season 2, s ...
,
V and
Jungkook
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who made it on a list of "the 100 most handsome faces of 2018".
Current programs
Daytime
Talk shows
*''Poios einai Proiniatika? (Who is so morning?)'' (2021-today)
*''Open Weekend'' (2021-today)
*''Mera Mesimeri me ti Marion (In broad daylight with Marion)'' (2022-today)
Former shows
=Soap operas
=
*''I Teleftaia Ora'' (2021-2022)
*''O Prigkipas tis Fotias'' (2018-2019)
=Game shows
=
*''Joker'' (2020-2021)
*''Enas gia olous!'' (2019-2020)
*''Poios rotaei?'' (2018-2019)
=Talk and variety shows
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*''Glam Wars'' (2021-2022)
*''Familiar'' (2021)
*''Milise mou'' (2021)
*''Green Kitchen by Madame Ginger'' (2021)
*''
Radio Arvyla'' (2021)
*''Style me up'' (2020-2021)
*''The Booth'' (2020)
*''Kitchen' Health'' (2020)
*''Open Ellada'' (2020)
*''Annita Koita'' (2019-2021)
*''Mesimeri Yes'' (2019-2020)
*''Me to N & me to S'' (2019)
*''Ola lathos'' (2019)
*''Studio Open'' (2019)
*''Mesimeriatika'' (2019)
*''Ela Xamogela!'' (2018-2021)
*''Eftixeite'' (2018-2021)
*''Top Story'' (2018-2019)
*''Kouzina gia dyo'' (2018-2019)
*''Gia tin parea'' (2018-2019)
Primetime / Late night
Talk shows
*''After Dark with Themis Georgantas'' (2021–present)
*''Anoixta with Annita Pania'' (2021–present)
*''Total Football'' (2018–present)
Others
*''Taxi with Dionysis Atzarakis'' (2021–present)
*''Ena tragoudi akoma with Giorgos Theofanous'' (2021–present)
*''Eikones with Tasos Dousis'' (2019–present)
Former shows
=Talk shows
=
*''Aples Kouventes'' (2021)
*''The Grandmother with Ieroklis Mihailidis'' (2021)
*''Gramma gia sena with Viky Hatzivasileiou'' (2020)
*''Info-19 with Niki Lymperaki'' (2020)
*''Open Mind with Elli Stai'' (2019)
=Others
=
*''I Proklisi'' (2021-2022)
*''Into your heart with Giorgos Mavridis'' (2021-2022)
*''Into the skin with Giorgos Mavridis'' (2021)
*''Kai Egeneto Ellas'' (2020-2021)
*''
Just the 2 of Us'' (2020)
*''Paggenger'' (2019-2020)
*''My Greece with Despina Vandi'' (2019-2020)
*''
The X Factor
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'' (2019)
*''
Revenge Body with Ioanna Lili'' (2019)
*''Al Sihtiri with Lakis Lazopoulos'' (2019)
*''Al Tsantiri News with Lakis Lazopoulos'' (2019)
*''It's Show Time! with Nikos Koklonis'' (2019)
*''Oi peirates tou Aigaiou'' (2019)
*''
Project Runaway Greece'' (2018-2019)
=Series
=
*''
To Kokkino Potami
''The Red River'' (Greek language, Greek: Το Κόκκινο Ποτάμι, Romanized: To Kokkino Potami) is a Greek-language Historical drama, historical television series, directed by Manousos Manousakis for Open TV in 2019, to 2023 based on th ...
'' (2019-2020)
*''Gia Panta Paidia'' (2018-2019)
*''Eleftheri Sxesi'' (2018-2019)
*''Ou Fonefseis'' (2018-2019)
References
{{Television in Greece
1990 establishments in Greece
Greek-language television stations
Television networks in Greece
Television channels and stations established in 1990
Television channels in Greece
Mass media companies of Greece