EBU Director General Praises ERT During Official Visit to Athens

The Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson, Pavlos Marinakis, met with the Director General of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Noel Curran. Mr. Curran was accompanied by ERT’s CEO, Katerina Kaskanioti, and the company’s President, Yiannis Papadopoulos. During his first official visit to Athens, the EBU’s Director General spoke highly of the Greek public broadcaster.

Deputy Minister Pavlos Marinakis highlighted the significant upgrades that Greek Public Television has undergone over the past five years, as well as its innovations, such as the launch of ErtFlix and its investment in continuous and objective news coverage through ERTNews.

The Director General of the EBU congratulated ERT for its programming, stating that it ranks among the top in Europe in terms of viewership among younger audiences and within the top ten among older viewers. He also expressed the EBU’s satisfaction with Greece’s improvement in the areas of the rule of law and media transparency, referring to the recent European Commission Rule of Law report, which noted progress from the Greek side.

The Deputy Minister, the EBU’s Director General, and ERT’s President and CEO committed to further collaboration between the organizations, with the aim of improving the services provided by Public Broadcasting and modernizing production through Artificial Intelligence.

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