New Epsilon TV is a private regional television station. Its headquarters are based in
Piraeus
Piraeus ( ; ; , Ancient: , Katharevousa: ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Ath ...
,
Attica
Attica (, ''Attikḗ'' (Ancient Greek) or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital city, capital of Greece and the core cit ...
.
History
E Channel
E Channel started operating on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, replacing
902 TV, bought by Vrionis. In 2017, the channel was sold to
Ivan Savvidis and replaced by
Open TV
Open TV, formerly Epsilontv, is a Greek free-to-air television station, based in Paiania, East Attica.
History
It belonged to Radio-television S.A. which was sold from Communist Party of Greece to the Cypriot offshore company A-Orizon Media ...
.
AB Channel
The channel operated by ''Star Hellenic Radio Television SMSA'' was initially known as Shop TV, and was owned by ''Telemarketing'' (62,5%). On December 15, 2011, it was replaced with a Greek version of ''Body In Balance''. One year later, it was bought by Kiopra Commercial Ltd. (78,7%), as programming from the newly established programming block called GR from
Makis Triantafyllopoulos, would take up most of BIB's schedule. The channel, was renamed to Zoom TV on March 19, 2013,
and was the main one to host the block, also managed by Triantafyllopoulos, which would be also hosted by local television stations throughout Greece:
*Archipelagos TV (
Lesbos
Lesbos or Lesvos ( ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of , with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, eighth largest ...
,
Chios
Chios (; , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, tenth largest island in the Medi ...
and
Samos
Samos (, also ; , ) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the Mycale Strait. It is also a separate reg ...
) ''out of service''
*
ΑRT (
Tripoli
Tripoli or Tripolis (from , meaning "three cities") may refer to:
Places Greece
*Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in the Pelasgiotis district, Thessaly, near Larissa ...
)
*Astra TV (
Thessaly
Thessaly ( ; ; ancient Aeolic Greek#Thessalian, Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic regions of Greece, geographic and modern administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient Thessaly, a ...
)
*Channel 4U now Notos TV (
Crete
Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...
)
*Corfu Channel (
Corfu
Corfu ( , ) or Kerkyra (, ) is a Greece, Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands; including its Greek islands, small satellite islands, it forms the margin of Greece's northwestern frontier. The island is part of the Corfu (regio ...
)
*
CreteTV (
Heraklion
Heraklion or Herakleion ( ; , , ), sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital city, capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in G ...
)
*Delta TV (
Evros)
*Diktyo 1 (
Kastoria
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)
*Dion TV (
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...
and
Pieria)
*
ENA Channel (
Kavala
Kavala (, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit.
It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the A2 motorway, a one-and ...
)
*ENA TV (
Lamia
Lamia (; ), in ancient Greek mythology, was a child-eating monster and, in later tradition, was regarded as a type of night-haunting spirit or "daimon".
In the earliest myths, Lamia was a beautiful queen of ancient Libya who had an affair with ...
)
*FLASH TV (
Western Macedonia
Western Macedonia (, ) is one of the thirteen Regions of Greece, administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. Located in north-western Greece, it is divided into the regional units of Greece ...
)
*Ionian Channel (
Zakynthos
Zakynthos (also spelled Zakinthos; ; ) or Zante (, , ; ; from the Venetian language, Venetian form, traditionally Latinized as Zacynthus) is a Greece, Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands, with an are ...
)
*Irida TV (
Rhodes
Rhodes (; ) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, the island forms a separ ...
and
Dodecanese
The Dodecanese (, ; , ''Dodekánisa'' , ) are a group of 15 larger and 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited. This island group generally define ...
)
*Max TV (
Nafplio
Nafplio or Nauplio () is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important tourist destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the Middle Ages du ...
) ''out of service''
*Mesogeios TV (
Messenia
Messenia or Messinia ( ; ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture (''nomos' ...
)
*New Television later Amfipoli (
Serres
Serres ( ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki.
Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northern Greece. The c ...
) ''out of service''
*
ORT (
Pyrgos)
*Sitia TV (
Crete
Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...
)
*Star TV (
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
)
*
Super B (
Patras
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and
Western Greece
Western Greece Region (, ) is one of the thirteen Modern regions of Greece, administrative regions of Greece. It comprises the western part of Central Greece (geographic region), continental Greece and the northwestern part of the Peloponnese pen ...
) ''out of service''
*TV 10 now FORMedia (
Trikala
Trikala () is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala (regional unit), Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios (Thessaly), Pineios. According to the Greek Natio ...
)
*TV Kosmos (
Rhodes
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and
Dodecanese
The Dodecanese (, ; , ''Dodekánisa'' , ) are a group of 15 larger and 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited. This island group generally define ...
)
*XTV now Atlas TV (
Chalkidiki
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,
Imathia
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and
Pella
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) ''out of service''
*Zeus TV (
Naxos
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) ''out of service''
His signature
talk show
A talk show is a television programming, radio programming or podcast genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show', pp.3-4Erler, Robert (201 ...
s Zougla and Kitrinos Typos would also be featured in the programming block. The main news bulletin was first hosted by Giorgos Karameros, and later, by Giorgos Noulas. The channel was renamed to AB Channel in summer 2014. On June 4, 2018, the channel was replaced with
Extra Channel, as New Epsilon TV would start airing from its former frequency. Zoom TV was formerly included on
Cosmote TV
Cosmote TV is the corporate name for two pay television services in Greece, owned by Greek telecommunication operator OTE. The two services are as follows:
*Cosmote TV via OTT – Streaming platform
*Cosmote TV via Satellite – Satellite tele ...
, on channel 664. The Greek version of BIB is currently available on Cosmote TV.
In 2024, Kiopra Commercial Ltd. purchased the remaining 21,3% of the channel, owning 100% which was later sold to
Dimitris Melissanidis
Dimitris Melissanidis (; born 8 March 1951) is a Greek business shipping and oil tycoon, and one of the country's leading businessmen. Melissanidis is in the top ten rich list of Greek entrepreneurs ranking in 6th place. He is most known for his ...
and is expected to be replaced by
Naftemporiki.
Programming
The list includes productions by Zoom TV. Most of the shows listed were cancelled in late 2013, with certain shows and presentators moving to Vriones' other stations,
Extra Channel and
E Channel.
*''Magazino Live'' – presented by Kim Kilian.
*''Atheatos Kosmos'' –
news program
News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either video production, produced local programming ...
; presented by Kostas Chardavellas.
*''O Palios einai Alios...'' – presented by Elda Panopoulou.
*''+Ergasia'' – presented by Matthildi Maggira.
*''Reportaz'' – presented by Petros Kousoulos.
*''Ego... o Enzo kai o Vincenzo'' –
cooking show
A cooking show, cookery show, or cooking program (also spelled cooking programme in British English) is a television genre that presents food preparation, often in a restaurant kitchen or on a Television studio, studio set, or at the host's p ...
; presented by Vicenzo Zanny.
*''Perivallon SOS'' – presented by professor Panagiotis Christodoulakis.
*''Ta Asteria Spiti Sas'' – show about
astrology
Astrology is a range of Divination, divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that propose that information about human affairs and terrestrial events may be discerned by studying the apparent positions ...
; presented by Christos Ntoublis.
*''E-Shop'' – presented by Maria Siniori.
*''G Polywood'' – presented by Giorgos Polychroniou.
*''Weekend'' – presented by Marialena Andreou.
*''Nikites'' – presented by Katerina Zagoraiou.
*''Oti Kineitai'' – presented by Vasilis Sarimpalides.
*''Pare Kosme'' – presented by Yannis Papathanasis.
*''Treis laloun kai dio '' – presented by Lampros Panagiotou.
*''Paikse Mpala''
*''Ta Kounavia''
*''Koritsia stin Priza'' – presented by Menia Koukou and Christianna Kochlatzi.
*''Makeleio 4'' – presented by Stefanos Chios. (2013-2014)
*''Blog Box'' (2013-2014)
*''Antio gia Panta, den tha tous ksechasoume pote'' – presented by actor Vaggelis Tsigaras.
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*''Ante Geia'' – presented by Takis Tsoukalas.
*''Zoom...e'' – presented by Maria Dimitreli.
References
External links
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{{Local Television channels in Greece
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Television channels in Greece