Alter Channel

Alter Channel, better known as Alter, was a private TV channel in Greece. It was launched in 1990 and owned by Eleftheri Tileorasi S.A. and was headed by Andreas Kouris. Alter's programming mainly consisted of news, current affairs shows and entertaining programs. Alter featured news anchor Nikos Hadjinikolaou, morning show host Giorgos Aftias, and investigative reporter Makis Triantafyllopoulos. Additionally, Alter also aired the award-winning program Fos Sto Tounel, which tracked down missing individuals and solved various crimes. The show also featured a lineup of children's programming that aired daily. In early December 2011, Alter stopped broadcasting due to financial difficulties. History 1994 (March) – The station was launched as Channel 5. In a transitional period when it was co-owned by Altec and Kouris Media Group it was named Alter 5. 2000 – On the 29th October of this year it rebranded its name as Alter Channel. 2002 (September) – Alter moves the news programming from 6 pm Balkan-Nile (UTC+02:00) to an hour and twenty minutes later to compete with other channels such as ANT1 news. 2005 – On April 20, Alter overhauled its lineup and organised its schedule into blocks: morning, noon, afternoon and night. The morning block featured news and current affairs, as well as programming for children. The noon block had current affairs and entertainment shows. During the evening Alter broadcast serials and the main nightly newscast. At night, programming consisted mainly of entertainment and talk shows. 2005 – Alter launches Alter Globe, serving North America (Aug. 24th) on Dish Network, and Australia, Asia and Africa (December) on UBI World TV. 2007 – Alter Globe was removed from the Dish Network platform in the US on August 3st1, 2007, and debuted on the rival platform DirecTV on September 26, 2007. 2008 – Alter Globe launches in New Zealand via UBI World TV. 2010 – Alter Globe is added to Cablevision in the US then removed a short while later due to insufficient growth. 2011 (November) – Alter headquarters was occupied by its workers, who were striking in response to not having been paid in over a year. 2011 (December) – The channel stopped broadcasting. 2012 (April) – Plans to reopen the channel began, with finance believed to be by Israeli, French and Turkish investors. Alter Channel workers' occupation (30th November 2011 – 10th February 2012)