Echo TV
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Country | Hungary |
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Broadcast area | Hungary |
Headquarters | Angol Street 65-69, Budapest,1149 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Hungarian |
Picture format | 576i(16:9SDTV) |
Ownership | |
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 TVwas aChristian-conservative[1]Hungariantelevisionchannel owned and operated by Echo Hungária TV Zrt,[1]and founded in 2005 to cover business news.[2]Later focusing onnews broadcastingandpublic affairs,it was known as a supporter ofFideszandKDNP.[3]
History
[edit]TVN founded as Echo TVN as a business news channel in 2005[4]at the initiative of Gábor Széles, the4th richest man of Hungary(as of 2017) and the head ofVideotonandIkarus Bus.[2]Széles had only days previously purchased Hungary's dailyMagyar Hírlap;the acquisition of both stations helped Széles establish a major media presence in Hungary.[5]Széles reportedly spent two billionHungarian forintsin creating Echo TV.[6]
In 2006 Echo TV became a media partner of Feratel media technologies AG, based inAustria.[7]
Gábor Széles sold Echo TV to Fidesz-backed businessman and oligarchLőrinc Mészároson 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 intoHír TV,which had returned as a pro-government media portfolio after the2018 parliamentary election.[9]
Association with far-right politics
[edit]According toLe Monde,Echo TV was a forum favored amongneofascists in Hungary.[10]
After the2010 election in Hungary,Echo TV displayed an image ofImre Kertész,a Hungarian survivor ofAuschwitzand nobel laureate, alongside a voiceover about rats.[11]Sándor Pörzsewas a well-known host for Echo TV before helping to foundJobbik's paramilitary organization the "Hungarian Guard,"later banned by the Hungarian Government.[12]Sándor Pörzse was removed from the Echo TV in 2009.[13]
One of Echo TV's better known broadcasters wasFerenc Szaniszló,known for hisracistandanti-Semiticstatements.[10][14][15][16][17][18]In 2011, Hungary's media regulator fined Echo 500,000 Forints after Szaniszló compared Roma people to "monkeys".[19]
References
[edit]- ^abHAZÁNK LEGFRISSEBB TELEVÍZIÓJA LETT A KERESZTÉNY-KONZERVATÍV ECHO - András Kárpáti - Magyar Idők
- ^abcNemzeti 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 fromthe originalon 13 February 2018.Retrieved28 April2013.
- ^"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
- ^abStolz, Joelle (29 March 2012)."Prime au fascisme en Hongrie".M - Le Monde.Retrieved24 April2013.
- ^"Budapest Experiences A New Wave of Hate".Spiegel Online International.14 October 2010.Retrieved27 April2013.
- ^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 fromthe originalon 2013-03-30.Retrieved2013-04-27.
- ^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.Archivedfrom the original on 23 March 2013.Retrieved1 July2017.
- ^"Hungary sparks outrage with honours for far-right figures".Agence France Presse.17 March 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website(in Hungarian)
- Echo TVonFacebook