Echo TV
16:9 SDTV) | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Echo Hungária TV Zrt (part of Talentis Group) |
History | |
Launched | September 15, 2005 |
Closed | March 31, 2019 |
Former names | TVN (2003–2004) Echo TVN (2004–2005) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Echo TV was a
History
TVN founded as Echo TVN as a business news channel in 2005
In 2006 Echo TV became a media partner of Feratel media technologies AG, based in Austria.[7]
Gábor Széles sold Echo TV to Fidesz-backed businessman and oligarch Lőrinc Mészáros on December 2, 2016.[2]
On December 4, 2017 the whole channel was renewed.[8] Echo TV ceased operations on March 31, 2019. Its staff and technical equipment were integrated into Hír TV, which had returned as a pro-government media portfolio after the 2018 parliamentary election.[9]
Association with far-right politics
According to Le Monde, Echo TV was a forum favored among neofascists in Hungary.[10]
After the
One of Echo TV's better known broadcasters was
References
- ^ a b HAZÁNK LEGFRISSEBB TELEVÍZIÓJA LETT A KERESZTÉNY-KONZERVATÍV ECHO - András Kárpáti - Magyar Idők
- ^ a b c Nemzeti erők egyesítése: Új tulajdonosa van az Echo Televíziónak - Tamás Pindroch - Magyar Hírlap
- ^ Új tulajdonosa van az Echo TV-nek - Magyar Idők
- ^ "Rövidesen indul az ECHO TV". 3 June 2005. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Gábor Széles buys daily Magyar Hirlap". MTI Econews. 19 September 2005.
- ^ "Széles to Start TV Channel". EASTBUSINESS.ORG. 1 December 2005.
- ^ "Ots news: feratel media technologies AG". AWP OTS. 22 December 2006.
- ^ PÁLYÁRA ÁLL A MEGÚJULÓ ECHO TV - Attila Borsodi - Magyar Idők
- ^ Megszűnt az Echo TV, ám a Hír TV dolgozóit bocsátották el
- ^ a b Stolz, Joelle (29 March 2012). "Prime au fascisme en Hongrie". M - Le Monde. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ "Budapest Experiences A New Wave of Hate". Spiegel Online International. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Oehmke, Philipp (16 December 2011). "Hungary's Right-Wing War on Culture". Spiegel Online International.
- ^ "Ki védi meg az Echo Tv-t?". 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Tancsics Prize returned". 24 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- ^ Thorpe, Nick (18 March 2013). "Anger at Hungarian journalist prize". BBC News.
- ^ "Hungarian government awards Tancsics prize for journalism to notorious". 17 March 2013.
- ^ "Hungarian journalist to return state honor, denies anti-Semitism".
- ^ "Hungary asks reporter to return award over anti-Semitism row". Reuters. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Hungary sparks outrage with honours for far-right figures". Agence France Presse. 17 March 2013.
External links
- Official website (in Hungarian)
- Echo TV on Facebook