A Greek politician claims that the BBC (and the ABC in Austraila) had better watch out...

According to Raymond Snoddy in his latest column:-
"Is there any really any threat to the BBC or indeed commercial broadcasters in the UK, which manages only 29th in the press freedom index?

The three ERT nationwide television stations plus satellite channels and 17 radio stations, funded by a monthly charge on electricity bills, are now expected to be silent for three months.


Whether it is in Greece, Turkey or the UK, the principle of broadcasting in the public interest - and at a scale to make a difference in the marketplace - has got to be defended, however challenging the task. And this applies not only to opponents such as inept Greek or Turkish politicians but also to George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer."




Presently, the EBU (the body representing all of Europe's public service broadcasters), "has set up a satellite news gathering operation in the carpark outside ERT's offices, enabling journalists to set up a makeshift TV service using equipment that has yet to be confiscated."
Source:-  The Guardian.


This is from The EBU:-
Using a combination of company-owned and personal equipment, ERT staff are producing interviews and debate from their studios and broadcasting them via streaming. The EBU has been accessing the stream and retransmitting it via satellite, to give Europe’s public service media access to the news content on television.

ERT crews have also been filming protests outside the ERT building and feeding the material to the EBU in Geneva via a satellite news gathering (SNG) van positioned in the parking lot by EUROVISION.

As part of the snap closure, ERT employees’ email accounts have been deactivated, so all communication with the EBU’s newsdesk in Geneva has been via Facebook and web-based email.

Source:-   The EBU.