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. It broadcasts terrestrially digitally from 13 broadcasting centers in

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and

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and via satellite through

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subscription platform.

History

The station started operating in 1994 under the name TeleFOS and was basically the first in Greece with shows around ecology, healthy lifestyle and alternative medicine. On September 13, 2010 it was renamed Kontra Channel due to a change in ownership.

Ownership

From the beginning and for a decade, he belonged to the limited liability company Konstantinos Papanikolas and Sia in which the shareholder was the founder of the station Costas Papanikolas, who is also president of the party

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while previously he was a candidate for the

Popular Orthodox Rally The Popular Orthodox Rally or People's Orthodox Alarm (Greek language, Greek: Λαϊκός Ορθόδοξος Συναγερμός, ''Laikós Orthódoxos Synagermós''), often abbreviated to LAOS (ΛΑ.Ο.Σ.) as a pun on the Greek word for ''peo ...

in the

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. On February 6, 2004, Bio-rescue Broadcasting and Ecological S.A. was established, with the distinctive title Telefos - Nea Zoi which re-took over the channel, with its founder taking over as chairman and CEO. A few months later, its statute was modified, with the expansion of activities. In the middle of 2010, journalist George Kouris acquires 75% of the television station whose operator gets its current name as Kontra Media S.A.

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* {{Local Television channels in Greece Greek-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2010 Television channels in Greece