Editing European Broadcasting Union (section)

===Greek state broadcaster (2013)===
On 11 June 2013, the Greek government shut down the state broadcaster [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation]] (ERT) on short notice, citing government spending concerns related to the [[European debt crisis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/132876/greek-public-broadcaster-ert-to-be-shut-down-reopened-with-fewer-employees/|title=Greek public broadcaster ERT to be shut down, reopened with fewer employees|work=[[Kathimerini]]|date=11 June 2013|access-date=28 April 2014|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525191740/https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/132876/greek-public-broadcaster-ert-to-be-shut-down-reopened-with-fewer-employees/|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, the EBU set up a makeshift studio the same day near the former ERT offices in Athens in order to continue providing EBU members with the news-gathering and broadcast relay services which had formerly been provided by ERT.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/12/ert-shutdown-european-broadcasting-union-makeshift-studio-greece|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Lisa|last=O'Carroll|title=ERT shutdown: European Broadcasting Union sets up makeshift studio|date=12 June 2013|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524210128/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/12/ert-shutdown-european-broadcasting-union-makeshift-studio-greece|url-status=live}}</ref> The EBU put out a statement expressing its "profound dismay" at the shutdown, urging the [[Prime Minister of Greece|Greek Prime Minister]] "to use all his powers to immediately reverse this decision" and offered the "advice, assistance and expertise necessary for ERT to be preserved".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ebu.ch/news/2013/06/ebu-urges-greek-government-to-re|title=EBU urges the Greek government to reverse decision on ERT|date=11 June 2013|access-date=28 April 2014|website=ebu.ch|publisher=EBU|first=Michelle|last=Roverelli}}</ref> Starting on 4 May 2014, the new state broadcaster [[New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television]] (NERIT) began nationwide transmissions, taking over ERT's vacant active membership slot in the EBU.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17372888|title=Greece media guide|publisher=BBC News|date=13 January 2014|access-date=13 January 2014|archive-date=5 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305040837/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17372888|url-status=live}}</ref> On 11 June 2015, two years after ERT's closure, NERIT was renamed as Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT),<ref>{{cite web|title=Greece's state broadcaster ERT back on air after two years|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33090373|publisher=BBC News|access-date=18 January 2016|date=11 June 2015|archive-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119223741/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33090373|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NERIT">{{cite web|last1=Maltezou|first1=Renee|title=In symbolic move, Greece to reopen shuttered state broadcaster|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/eurozone-greece-television-idUSL5N0W723020150428/|agency=Reuters|access-date=18 January 2016|date=28 April 2015}}</ref> which reopened with a comprehensive program in all radio stations (with nineteen regional, two world-range and five pan-Hellenic range radio stations) and three TV channels [[ERT1]], [[ERT2]] and [[ERT3]].