Alter Channel - History

History

  • 1994 - The channel was launched as 'Channel 5' and was owned by Eleftheri Tileorasi S.A.
  • In a transitional period when it was co-owned by 'Altec' and 'Kouris Media Group' it was named Alter 5
  • 2000 - On 27 October 2000 it rebranded yet again as Alter Channel.
  • 2002 – The channel was relaunched as Alter with intention of building popularity and better compete with other Greek networks.
  • 2002 – 'Alter Eidiseis' (Alter News Bulletin) peaks at 250,000, surpassing almost any channel but Star, being the #1 news broadcast.
  • 2002 (September) – Alter moves the news programming from 6PM Balkan-Nile (GMT+2) (5PM Cen. Europe-Cen. Africa Time/GMT+1) to an hour and twenty minutes later to compete with other channels such as ANT1 news. Star Channel did the same.
  • 2003 (October) – Head of Alter and Tempo were fired.
  • 2005 - On April 20, 2005, Alter completely overhauled its lineup, organising the schedule into programming blocks: Morning, Noon, Afternoon and Night. The morning block featured news and current affairs, as well as programming for children. The Noon programming block had current affairs and entertainment shows. During the evening Alter broadcast serials and the main nightly newscast. At night, programming consisted mainly entertainment shows and talk shows like the award-winning show 'Fos Sto Tounel'
  • 2005 – Alter launches Alter Globe, an international service featuring the best of Alter in North America (Aug. 24) on Dish Network, Australia and Asia – Africa (December) on UBI World TV.
  • 2007 – Alter Globe was removed from the Dish Network platform in the US on August 31, 2007, and debuted on rival platform DirecTV on September 26, 2007.
  • 2008 – Alter Globe launches in New Zealand via UBI World TV.
  • 2010 - Alter Globe is added to Cablevision in the US then removed a short while later due to insufficient growth.
  • 2011 (November) - Alter headquarters was occupied by its workers, who were striking in response to not having been paid in over a year.
  • 2011 (December) - the channel has stopped broadcasting.
  • April 2012 - Plans to reopen the channel began, with finance believed to be by Jewish, French and Turkish investors.

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