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Echo TV

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Echo TV
CountryHungary
Broadcast areaHungary
HeadquartersAngol Street 65-69,
Budapest,1149
Programming
Language(s)Hungarian
Picture format576i(16:9SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerEcho Hungária TV Zrt
(part of Talentis Group)
History
LaunchedSeptember 15, 2005;18 years ago(2005-09-15)
ClosedMarch 31, 2019;5 years ago(2019-03-31)
Former namesTVN(2003–2004)
Echo TVN(2004–2005)
Links
Websitewww.echotv.hu

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

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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

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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

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  1. ^abHAZÁNK LEGFRISSEBB TELEVÍZIÓJA LETT A KERESZTÉNY-KONZERVATÍV ECHO - András Kárpáti - Magyar Idők
  2. ^abcNemzeti erők egyesítése: Új tulajdonosa van az Echo Televíziónak - Tamás Pindroch-Magyar Hírlap
  3. ^Új tulajdonosa van az Echo TV-nek - Magyar Idők
  4. ^"Rövidesen indul az ECHO TV".3 June 2005. Archived fromthe originalon 13 February 2018.Retrieved28 April2013.
  5. ^"Gábor Széles buys daily Magyar Hirlap".MTI Econews.19 September 2005.
  6. ^"Széles to Start TV Channel".EASTBUSINESS.ORG.1 December 2005.
  7. ^"Ots news: feratel media technologies AG".AWP OTS.22 December 2006.
  8. ^PÁLYÁRA ÁLL A MEGÚJULÓ ECHO TV - Attila Borsodi - Magyar Idők
  9. ^Megszűnt az Echo TV, ám a Hír TV dolgozóit bocsátották el
  10. ^abStolz, Joelle (29 March 2012)."Prime au fascisme en Hongrie".M - Le Monde.Retrieved24 April2013.
  11. ^"Budapest Experiences A New Wave of Hate".Spiegel Online International.14 October 2010.Retrieved27 April2013.
  12. ^Oehmke, Philipp (16 December 2011). "Hungary's Right-Wing War on Culture".Spiegel Online International.
  13. ^"Ki védi meg az Echo Tv-t?".20 March 2011.
  14. ^"Tancsics Prize returned".24 March 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-03-30.Retrieved2013-04-27.
  15. ^Thorpe, Nick (18 March 2013)."Anger at Hungarian journalist prize".BBC News.
  16. ^"Hungarian government awards Tancsics prize for journalism to notorious".17 March 2013.
  17. ^"Hungarian journalist to return state honor, denies anti-Semitism".
  18. ^"Hungary asks reporter to return award over anti-Semitism row".Reuters.20 March 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 23 March 2013.Retrieved1 July2017.
  19. ^"Hungary sparks outrage with honours for far-right figures".Agence France Presse.17 March 2013.
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