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4E
Type Television broadcasting
Country Greece
Headquarters Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki
Programming
Language(s) Greek
Picture format 576i ( 16:9 SDTV)
4:3 content stretches to 16:9
Ownership
OwnerRADIO TV STATION GREEK ORTHODOX ECCLESIASTICAL INFORMATIVE BROADCAST S.A.
History
Founded16 December 1993
Launched1994
Links
Webcast www.tv4e.gr
Website tv4e.gr/index.php
Availability
Terrestrial
Digea46 UHF ( Cholomon)
48 UHF ( Aridaia, Chortiatis, Mouries, Philippion) ( C. Macedonia)
40 UHF ( Drama, Irakleia, Kato Nevrokopi, Serres)
41 UHF ( Kavala, Thasos, Xanthi)
43 UHF ( Makri)
47 UHF ( Didymoteicho, Kipoi, Pentalofos, Pythio, Soufli) ( E. Macedonia and Thrace)
[Rebroadcast via Lydia]
40 UHF ( Askio, Kella, Orestiada, Prespes)
41 UHF ( Kalamitsi, Metaxas, Paliouria, Tsotyli) ( W. Macedonia)
[Rebroadcast via Osios Nikanor]

4E TV is a Greek private, partly informative with a purely religious content, television station that broadcasts terrestrially in Central Macedonia and is based in Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki. [1] [2] It was founded in 1993 and started operating in early 1994. [3] [4]

History

The name of the network comes from the initials of the words of the phrase Greek Orthodox Ecclesiastical Informative Broadcast ( Greek: Ελληνική Ορθόδοξος Εκκλησιαστική Ενημερωτική Εκπομπή) which is also a phrase of the official full name of the company. [5]

The main inspirer of the creation of the ecclesiastical station 4E was the Archimandrite Theofilos Zisopoulos. In 1993, for the needs of this project, he received a degree in journalism. In 1996 he took over the staff of the station and was elected chairman of the board, [6] a position he held for 17 years, until his death in 2013. [7]

In 1998 the station participated in a tender and received a license to operate as a regional television station. [8] [9]

In 2007 was licensed to "provide free satellite services" by the Greek National Council for Radio and Television. [8] In the same year it was launched via Hellas Sat 2 satellite for Europe, Apstar 2R [10] for Asia and Optus B3 for Australia via UBI World TV platform. [11] [12]

In 2012 it broadcast for a few months in the US, Canada and Central America via the SES-1 satellite. [13] [14]

It is claimed that 4E is the first private regional station in Greece to start broadcasting its program digitally from the Chortiatis and Filippio transmission centers on UHF 50 [15] on October 30, 2008. [16] However, a few months later the digital transmission was forced to be shut down because the network had not set up a provider as ought to do. [17] In 2012, the network started digitally transmitting its programme again alongside TV 100, Euro and Gnomi through the Digital Broadcast Syndication provider, a consortium set up by the four networks. [18] It has been transmitting digitally through Digea since November 21, 2014. [19] [20]

Programming

4E TV features a wide array of programming about the Orthodox faith as well as live Church services. In addition, 4E also provides wholesome, informative and entertaining family programming. Programs are organized by category:

  • Theologikes - programmes about the Orthodox faith.
  • Latreia - programmes focusing on various church services, including live coverage of the Divine Liturgy service on Sundays.
  • Politismos - programmes about Greek culture.
  • Enhmerosi - Informational programmes.
  • Psigagogia - family entertainment.
  • Ekpaideusi - educational series.
  • Oikogenia - programmes about family life, raising a family with the Orthodox faith.
  • Paidi - children's programmes.

References

  1. ^ "4etv - Τηλεοπτικό Πρόγραμμα". tv4e.gr. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  2. ^ "Απόφαση Αριθ. 70/2019". Greek National Council for Radio and Television. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  3. ^ jess, smiley. "4E TV". Greek Web TV Online - Live TV Greece - Online Ελληνική Τηλεόραση - Ελληνικά Κανάλια Τηλεόρασης Live (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  4. ^ S.Ch (18 March 2015). "Τα περιφερειακά κανάλια του δικτύου της Digea". digitaltvinfo.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  5. ^ "Μετά τους πανελλαδικούς σταθμούς... σειρά παίρνουν τα τοπικά κανάλια! (Φωτορεπορταζ)". Karfitsa.gr (in Greek). 2016-09-07.
  6. ^ "ΦΕΚ ΑΕ-ΕΠΕ 1760/1996". Government Gazette. 1996-05-03.
  7. ^ "Ορθόδοξος Τύπος φ. 1962". Issuu. 2012-02-08. Archived from the original on 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2021-01-21.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  8. ^ a b "Νόμος 2644/1998 - ΦΕΚ Α-233/13-10-1998 (Κωδικοποιημένος)". e-nomothesia.gr | Τράπεζα Πληροφοριών Νομοθεσίας (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  9. ^ "Απόφαση Αριθ. 458/2007". Greek National Council for Radio and Television. 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
  10. ^ "FlySat UBI World TV Packages". 2007-10-10. Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  11. ^ "Το ορθόδοξο τηλεοπτικό κανάλι 4Ε εκπέμπει με νέα ταχύτητα video-stream στο internet". 2021-01-13. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  12. ^ "UBI World TV". 2007-12-15. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  13. ^ "Το Ορθόδοξο τηλεοπτικό κανάλι 4Ε ξεκίνησε την εκπομπή του στην Αμερική". Sat.gr. 2012-04-06. Archived from the original on 2021-01-12.
  14. ^ "Greek Channels on Home2US to Shut Down". Phantis Forums. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  15. ^ "Απόφαση Αριθ. 604/2008". Greek National Council for Radio and Television. 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  16. ^ "Ο πρώτος ιδιωτικός τηλεοπτικός σταθμός της περιφέρειας εκπέμπει ψηφιακά το πρόγραμμα του". www.sat.gr. Archived from the original on 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  17. ^ "Απόφαση Αριθ. 100/2009". Greek National Council for Radio and Television. 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  18. ^ "Ψηφιακά εκπέμπει η TV100". Ψηφιακά εκπέμπει η TV100. Voria.gr. 2012-05-29.
  19. ^ "Κεντρ. Μακεδονία: ημιτελής ψηφιακή μετάβαση με πλήθος προχειροτήτων". Ραδιόφωνο (in Greek). 2014-11-21.
  20. ^ "Μετάβαση από το αναλογικό στο ψηφιακό σήμα". www.digea.gr.

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