The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation is the Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. It is a member of EBU

European Broadcasting Union

The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...

.Since 70's ERT is part of the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by EBU. Around 88% of ERT's funding comes from television licence

Television licence

A television licence is an official licence required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts...

 fees http://www.circom-regional.org/crdocs/european-benchmarking2002.pdf.

On 19 August 2011 the company announced that it would become a public company but no longer state-owned.
ERT began broadcasting in 1938, initially limited to radio services from Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

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